Nature and cause of fatal injury are still to be determined
United States Fire Administration
The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official on-duty death of Sergeant John “Andy” Andrew Kuchar III, 43, of the Burlington Fire Protection District on April 16, 2020.
Sergeant Andy Kuchar was injured while performing station duties on 03/02/2020. Since that time, he was off work as a result of the injury. Sergeant Kuchar recently underwent surgery for the injury and passed away at his residence on 04/16/2020. The nature and cause of fatal injury are still to be determined.
Tribute is being paid to Sergeant Kuchar III at http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/
To date, 22 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2020. 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.
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