A preliminary report was released on the line-of-duty death of Cincinnati (OH) Fire Apparatus Operator Daryl Gordon during a Madisonville apartment fire in March.
FOX 19 says the report concluded that an elevator door failed to automatically lock as designed. The report also found that a radio transmission warning firefighters the shaft was open failed to go out because of the volume of radio traffic.
Firefighters wrote a warning in black marker on the door, but Gordon wasn’t present for the discussion about it because he was searching for victims, the report said.
Gordon, 54, died at a hospital after falling head first into the elevator shaft while trying to rescue trapped adults and children. Three other firefighters were injured.
Read more at http://www.fox19.com/story/30003951/incident-report-to-be-released-in-line-of-duty-death-of-daryl-gordon.
Download a PDF of the report from FirefighterNation HERE.
HT Mike Watier (mwatiker).
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