The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official on-duty death of Pump Operator/Engineer Juan Pablo Casanova, 53, of the Brownsville Fire Department on August 10, 2013.
Pump Operator/Engineer Casanova suffered a heart attack while on duty. Casanova experienced three more heart attacks while in the hospital where he passed away on August 10th.
Tribute is being paid to Pump Operator/Engineer Juan Pablo Casanova at http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/
To date, 75 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2013. 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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