Incident Name: Tulare Ranger Unit Dispatch fatality
Date: June 13, 1964
Personnel: Edward W McKinney
Age: 44
Agency/Organization: CDF (now CAL FIRE)
Position: firefighter
Summary: On 6/13, 1964 CDF fire dispatcher Edward W McKinney suffered a heart attack while dispatching fire and died. Efforts to resuscitate him failed. He was onlly 44 years old.
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Reports, Documentation, Lessons Learned
- From the NWCG Fire Fatality Record: Historical Wildland Firefighter Fatalities 1910 – 1996 (407 K pdf)Date: 1964
Fire Name / Location: Tulare Ranger Unit, CA
1 fatality
Agency: CDF
Fire behavior observed: Unknown
Remarks: Died of heart attack while dispatching.
- From 1964 CA Memorial Wall database, this is the only CDF heart attack fatality in 1964:Edward W McKinney
Agency: CDF
Date: 6/14/1964
Cause: stress, heart attack
Activity: dispatching (fire)
- California Death Index: Edward W McKinneyName: Edward W Mckinney
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 13 Jun 1964
Event Place: Tulare, California, United States
Birth Date: 13 Feb 1920
Birthplace: Oklahoma
Gender: Male
Father’s Name:
Mother’s Name: Manning
Age: 44
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Media Articles and Reports
Photos, Videos, & Tributes
- California Memorial Firefighter Wall in Sacramento, CA: California Memorial LODDs by Wall Order. (84 K pdf) –see page 11
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