The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official on-duty death of Fire Apparatus Driver Operator Robert Fogel III, 58, of the Baltimore County Fire Department on May 30, 2014.
Fire Apparatus Driver Operator Fogle went into cardiac arrest during a training exercise at the Baltimore County Fire Rescue Academy in Sparrows Point, Maryland. Fogle was cared for by fellow firefighters and transported to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center where he was pronounced deceased. Services for Firefighter Fogle will be held June 4th and 5th at the Pleasant Valley Community Fire Company where Fogle also volunteered as a firefighter for over 30 years.
Tribute is being paid to Fire Apparatus Driver Operator Robert Fogel III at http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/
To date, 42 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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