Synopsis
Brief Synopsis
A Station Officer (StnO) died due to burns sustained following a cliff fall into a gorse fire (House & Settle, 2016).
A Fire magazine article (Unknown Author, 1956) offers 2 possible suggestions as to how the StnO died. The StnO had been directing his crews from the top of the cliff at the 2-acre gorse fire site when he had gone on a tour of inspection of the site. The article suggests the StnO either became overcome by the dense smoke and fell into the fire or slipped and fell into the fire. The StnO was found badly burnt approximately half way down the 100 ft cliff some time later by his crews, where the fire was most severe (Unknown Author, 1956).
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IFE Commentary & lessons if applicable
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Known available source documents
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South Western Ambulance Service Incident Report
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Dear Chief Officer Letters (DCOL), FRS Circulars, FRS Notices and/or Bulletins etc and/or Related Government Correspondence
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Other information sources
House, A. & Settle, P. et al. (2016). The firefighter memorial trust book of remembrance. [online]. Available at; http://www.theonlinebookcompany.com/OnlineBooks/FirefighterMemorialTrust/Content/Filler [Accessed 20th September 2017]. The Firefighters Memorial Trust.
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Unknown Author. (1956). Officers death is a mystery. Fire. (April). Page 533
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