The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official on-duty death of Firefighter John “Mike” Michael Cummins, 46, of the Homer Fire Protection District on February 8, 2017
While returning home from the station after working with his fire department on a motor vehicle accident response call, Firefighter Cummins, who had complained at the station of not feeling well, suffered a fatal medical injury, the nature of which is still to be reported, crashing into three parked cars as the privately owned vehicle he operated came to a stop. A passenger in the vehicle, a fellow firefighter, was not reported to have been seriously injured.
Tribute is being paid to Firefighter Cummins at http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/
To date, seven firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2017. Year-to-date and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online at https://www.usfa.fema.gov/data/statistics/ff_fatality_reports.html
Fatality status is provisional and may change as USFA contacts State Fire Marshals to verify fatality incident information.
