The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official on-duty death of Firefighter Edward Roddy, 48, of the Somerset Volunteer Fire Department on February 22, 1015.
Firefighter Roddy suffered from a heart attack on November 5, 2014 while at the scene of a fire and did not recover. He passed away on February 22, 2015.
Tribute is being paid to Firefighter Edward Roddy at http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/
To date, 14 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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