On December 31, 2008, a 24-year-old male career fire fighter (the victim) was fatally injured and another fire fighter (officer) was seriously injured after the victim lost control of the fire truck he was driving, struck a utility pole, and overturned in a ditch. The fire truck, with a crew of three fire fighters, was responding to a reported chimney fire when the single-vehicle crash occurred. The crash occurred as the fire truck was traveling through an intersection with pavement grade changes occurring at the intersection. Georgia state police investigators determined that the fire truck was traveling too fast for current road conditions. The victim was pinned between the driver's seat and the roof of the apparatus, upside down with his seat belt fastened. The officer, who was seriously injured in the crash, was not wearing a seat belt and was briefly trapped. The officer and third crew member (fire fighter riding in the jump seat) initially tried to assist the victim before the arrival of other rescuers. The victim and the officer were transported to a local hospital where the victim was pronounced dead.
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: One Career Fire Fighter Dies and Another is Seriously Injured in a Single Vehicle Rollover Crash - Georgia, FACE-F2009-04
2009
22 pages
Report
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English
Transportation Safety , Transportation , Human Resources , Police, Fire, & Emergency Services , Job Training & Career Development , Psychology , Protective Equipment , Transportation & Traffic Planning , Fire Services, Law Enforcement, & Criminal Justice , Emergency Services & Planning , Fire fighters , Fire fighting equipment , Emergency responders , Motor vehicles , Safety practices , Safety belts , Safety equipment , Accident analysis , Accident prevention , Accidents , Injuries , Injury prevention , Traumatic injuries , Surveillance , Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE)