The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official on-duty death of Major Malcolm Jenkins, 60, of the Fern Creek Fire Department on October 30, 2014.
Major Jenkins was found deceased in his fire department vehicle after performing a mandated annual physical agility test at the fire department’s offsite medical provider’s facility. A cause of death has yet to be released.
Tribute is being paid to Major Malcolm Jenkins at http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/
To date, 73 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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