Firefighter Fatality

The United States Fire Administration (USFA) has received notice of the following firefighter fatality:

Name: Antonio E. Jones

Rank: Firefighter

Age: 44

Gender: Male

Status: Career

Years of Service: 20

Date of Incident: 01/29/2011

Time of Incident: 1413hrs

Date of Death: 01/29/2011

Fire Department: Augusta Fire Department

Address:

3117 Deans Bridge Road, Augusta, GA 30906

Fire Department Chief: Howard Willis

Incident Description: Firefighter Jones became ill while on duty at his duty station and requested to leave in order to see his personal family physician. While enroute to the physician’s office he collapsed at the wheel of his personal vehicle causing a minor accident.  Firefighters responding to the accident immediately began advanced life support and continued treatment to the ER where Firefighter Jones passed away from a cause still to be determined.

Incident Location: 3400 block of

Wrightsboro Road

.

Funeral Arrangements: Visitation for Firefighter Jones will be Wednesday, 02/02/2011 from 1730–1830hrs at W. H. Mays Mortuary,

1221 James Brown Boulevard

in Augusta.  The funeral will be Thursday 02/03/2011 at 1400hrs at Gilbert Lambuth Memorial Chapel, Paine College,

1200 Druid Park Avenue

in Augusta. Interment will be at Mount Olive Baptist Church in Appling, Georgia.

Memorial Fund Contact and Address: In honor of Firefighter Antonio E. Jones, c/o Augusta Fire Department, 3117

Deans Bridge Road, Augusta, GA 30906

.

Tribute is being paid to Firefighter Antonio E. Jones at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/

To date, 14 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2011; 12 from incidents that occurred in 2011 and two from a previous year’s incident.  Year-to-date monthly and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online @ http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/statistics/ff_stats.shtm.