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Two Texas Firefighters Killed in Fall from Aerial Platform at High Rise Training Exercise
The accident just after 2 p.m. claimed the lives of Kyle Perkins, 45, and Cory Galloway, 28. Perkins had been with the department since July 2004, Galloway since January 2008. Two other firefighters suffered minor injures during the training exercise and were treated and released.
Kilgore Fire Department's ladder truck remains parked in front of Stark Hall at Kilgore College Sunday, January 25, 2009, after a training accident that left two firefighters dead. Justin Baker/Courtesy News-Journal Photo
"They were down at the college doing a training exercise with a new e-One truck with a platform ... and somehow they fell out of the bucket." Kilgore Fire Operations Chief Dennis Gage said. "I really haven't been able to determine much more than that at this point."
It was not immediately known how high the aerial was raised at the time of the accident.
Kilgore Police officials told Firefighter Nation that both men were seriously injured in the fall and transported to Good Shepherd Hospital in Longview, where they succumbed to their injuries.
The cause of the accident was under investigation by the Kilgore Police and Kilgore Fire Department, according to Lt. Roman Roberson of the Kilgore Police Department.
The dormitory where the accident occurred is on the campus of Kilgore College. According to the college's Web site, the campus includes an extensive fire academy. Galloway graduated from the Kilgore Fire Academy in May 2005.
College spokesman Chris Craddock said the building is routinely used for fire training because it's the city's tallest, the Associated Press reported.
It wasn't immediately known how long the department had been operating the ladder truck, but it had responded to a structure fire Friday night with other Kilgore units. Additional photos of the incident and a platform aerial believed to be the same in action can be seen on the News Journal web site here. There are no reports that the aerial itself malfunctioned in Sunday's tragedy.
Kilgore is a combination fire department about 120 miles east of Dallas.
Firefighters battle a blaze that destroyed Cancun Dave's in Kilgore Friday, January 23, 2009. The department's new platform aerial can be seen operating at the incident. Les Hassell/Courtesy News-Journal Photo - More Photos of Friday's Fire
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Permalink Reply by Jeremy Bell on
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This just shows you how quickly our lives can be over with this job even in a routine training.keep it safe and pay attention to you and your other brothers at all times.My prayers go out to these two familys and all of your families as well.
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Permalink Reply by T.Jae' on
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From All members of the Baltimore City Fire Department. We send our condolences, prayers, and blessings to their families as well as their department family at this time.
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Permalink Reply by Terry on
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It's always hard to lose a brother, our thoughts go out to the families and crew.
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Permalink Reply by Wayne Martin Harvey on
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R.I.P. Brothers prayers go out the families and freinds. Hope we can all learn from this accident.This will be a topic for a later discussion.WMH
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Permalink Reply by Jeffrey Blount on
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My heart and prayers go out to the firefighters,company,family and friends. GOD LESS YOU
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Permalink Reply by David Bladel on
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Sorry to hear about such a tradegy, but this is our world, and nothing seems to go as planned. My prayers go out to the families of these two brave firefighters.
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Permalink Reply by lawson on
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I HEAL BAD ON WHAT HAPPEN IT IS A LOST,BUT WAS THEY WEARING THERE SAFTY HARRNEST,IF I THE WERE WAS IT NOT HOOK IN PLACE,OH WELL IT A training exercise ,WHAT CAN GO WRONG.SEEN TOO MANY OF THEM
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Permalink Reply by Terry Smith on
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Rest in Peace and God bless them, their families and their fellow Kilgore firefighters. This is really something we all hate to see in the news.
Terry Smith
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Permalink Reply by CHRIS STIMMELL on
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Our Prayers go out to the familys and friends.
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Permalink Reply by Andrew Commo on
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my prayers go out to the brothers family and the fire Dept.
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