The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official on-duty death of Firefighter Sidney “Sid” Winer, 92, of the No.7 Township Fire Rescue on December 15, 2015.
Winer was involved in a motor vehicle collision on October 20th, 2015, while riding in department’s Ford F150 returning from picking up equipment. Another vehicle pulled out directly in front of the department’s truck. Winer sustained serious fractures to both feet as a result of the collision which totaled the department’s truck.
As a result of the injuries he sustained, Firefighter Winer’s right leg was amputated just below the knee on December 3rd, 2015.
Firefighter Winer was in the rehabilitation center at CarolinaEast Medical Center when he succumbed to his injuries on December, 15th.
Tribute is being paid to Firefighter Sidney “Sid” Winer at http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/
To date, 83 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2015. 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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