The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official on-duty death of Firefighter Michael Bernstein, 46, of the Philadelphia Fire Department on March 20, 2019.
Firefighter Michael Bernstein suffered a medical emergency while on-duty at Engine 78 at Philadelphia International Airport. Bernstein was transported to Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital where he passed away. The nature and cause of fatal injury are still to be determined.
Tribute is being paid to Firefighter Bernstein at http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/
To date, eight firefighter fatalities has been reported to USFA in 2019. 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.
