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.
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