Louisiana Firefighter Dies After Falling Ill at Fire Station

The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official on-duty death of Firefighter Operator Allen Headley, 31, of Plaquemines Parish Fire District No.2 on March 16, 2018.

While on-duty at the fire station, Firefighter-Operator Allen Headley was found unresponsive in the fire station day room. Firefighter-Operator Headly was treated by fellow responders and transported to the hospital but succumbed to a nature and cause of fatal injury still to be determined. 

Tribute is being paid to Firefighter Operator Headley at http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/

To date, 13 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2018.  Year-to-date and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online at https://www.usfa.fema.gov/data/statistics/ff_fatality_reports.html

 

Fatality status is provisional and may change as USFA contacts State Fire Marshals to verify fatality incident information.

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