Incident Name: unknown grass fire
Date: 10/26/49
Personnel: Andrew A. Lechert
Age: 51
Agency/Organization: Los Angeles Fire Department
Position: Fireman, Engine Company 73
Summary: Lechert, 51, was pulling 50′ of 1″ booster line at a grass fire in a vacant lot at 18557 Saticoy St. when he collapsed and died of a heart attack.
(from a newspaper article at the LA FD Historical Website)
Maps
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This incident was almost at the epicenter of the 1994 Northridge earthquake.
18557 Saticoy Street, west of Reseda Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley
A modern appartment building is there now.
Reports, Documentation, Lessons Learned
- Los Angeles Fire Department Historical Memorial Archive: Andrew A. Lechert
- California Death Index: Andrew A. Lechert
Wildlandfire.com Links:
Media Articles and Reports.
Photos, Videos, & Tributes
- Los Angeles FD Historical Memorial Archive: Andrew Lechert and Engine Companies 70 & 73 from 1938 and 1939, respectively.
- Buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Chatsworth, CA
Photo credit: Deirdre, Find a Grave
Contributors to this article: Los Angeles Fire Department
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