The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official on-duty death of Firefighter/EMT James “Doc” Delbert Brooks, 62, of the Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department on January 15, 2013.
While winterizing boats and a station at the Fort Washington Marina in preparation for record low temperatures forecasted for the following day, Firefighter Brooks began to experience difficulty breathing and called 911. Firefighters and paramedics arrived to find Brooks in cardiac arrest and immediately began pre-hospital care. He was transported to a nearby medical facility and subsequently relocated to Medstar at Washington Hospital Center in “critical” condition where he succumbed to his injury on January 15th, 2014.
Tribute is being paid to Firefighter/EMT James “Doc” Delbert Brooks at http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/
To date, three firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2014. 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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