USFA: Michigan On-Duty Death

The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official on-duty death of Firefighter/EMT Gerald “Jerry” R. Wetherell, 74, of the Denton Township Fire Department on February 28, 2012.

Firefighter/EMT Wetherell and another firefighter were responding, towing the fire department’s snowmobile, to a motor vehicle accident in which the operator of a snowmobile had hit a tree.  While responding, Firefighter/EMT Wetherell became unresponsive.  He was transported, via ambulance, to the hospital in West Branch, Michigan, where he succumbed to his injury.  The nature of this injury is yet to be reported.

Tribute is being paid to Firefighter/EMT Gerald “Jerry” R. Wetherell at http://www.usfa.fema.gov/fireservice/fatalities/
 
To date, 14 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2012. Year-to-date monthly and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online at http://www.usfa.fema.gov/fireservice/fatalities/statistics/ff_stats.shtm

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