The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official line of duty death of Firefighter Thomas V. Regan, 82, of the Garden City Park Fire Department on February 17, 2011.
Regan passed away from an injury he suffered from a fall while responding to a carbon-monoxide alarm during an ice storm in late January.
To date, 21 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2011; 18 from incidents that occurred in 2011 and three from previous year’s incidents. Year-to-date monthly and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/statistics/ff_stats....