The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official on-duty death of Fire Crew Supervisor Ted F. Drake, 62, of the Wyoming State Forestry Division on May 17, 2014.
Fire Crew Supervisor Drake passed away from a reported heart attack while participating in a work capacity (fitness) test for red card certification, part of the wildland fire qualification system used by federal and most state wildland fire management agencies. Fire Crew Supervisor Drake, a career employee of Wyoming State Forestry Division, supervised and trained inmates called “Smoke Busters,” well-respected teams utilized to fight wildland fires and complete many other associated projects on both federal and state lands.
Tribute is being paid to Fire Crew Supervisor Ted F. Drake at http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/
To date, 39 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2014. Year-to-date and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online at http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/fatalityData/statistics
Fatality status is provisional and may change as USFA contacts State Fire Marshals to verify fatality incident information.
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