United States Fire Administration
10 January 2022
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Firefighter/EMT Thomas Joseph Rees, 38, of the Jefferson Township Fire Department on 28 December 2021.
On Tuesday, December 28, 2021 Firefighter/EMT Thomas Joseph Rees did not wake for a dispatch run minutes before roll call, when another Firefighter checked on Firefighter/EMT Rees he was discovered deceased in his bunk. Autopsy report stated that he had a major coronary event.
Age: 38
Rank: Firefighter/EMT
Classification: Part-Time (Paid)
Incident date: December 28, 2021 7:36 a.m.
Date of death: December 28, 2021
Cause of death: Unknown
Nature of death: Heart Attack
Activity type: In-Station Duties
Emergency duty: No
Duty type: Other On-Duty
Fixed property use: N/A
The number of on-duty deaths for 2021 currently is 138.
Go here to read the numbers of on-duty deaths due to COVID-19.
Fatality status is provisional and may change as USFA contacts State Fire Marshals to verify fatality incident information.
For more information about on-duty deaths as recorded by the United States Fire Administration go to “Firefighter Fatalities in the United States.”
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