Firefighter Fatality

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

Name: Travis Lee Miller

Rank: Firefighter

Age: 31

Gender: Male

Status: Volunteer

Years of Service: 5

Date of Incident: 07/19/2011

Time of Incident: 1847hrs

Date of Death: 07/20/2011

Fire Department: Waterloo – Grant Township Fire Department

Address: PO Box 115, 305 S Sheridan ST, Waterloo, IN  46793-0115

Fire Department Chief: Kirby Hobbs

Incident Description: Firefighter Miller died of an apparent heart attack shortly after returning home from working a residential structure fire in Butler, Indiana.  Heat conditions on the fireground were described by local authorities as extreme.

Incident Location: 418 North Pearl ST, Butler, IN

Funeral Arrangements: Pending

Memorial Fund Contact and Address: Pending

Tribute is being paid to Firefighter Travis Lee Miller at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/

To date, 52 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2011; 47 from incidents that occurred in 2011 and five from previous years’ incidents.  Year-to-date monthly and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online @ http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/statistics/ff_stats.shtm.