1996 03/13 MO Kenneth Manka

Incident Name:
Date: 3/13/1996
Personnel: Norman Kenneth Manka
Age: 44
Agency/Organization: Golden City Volunteer Fire Department, Golden City, MO
Position: firefighter

Summary: On March 13th, Firefighter Norman Manka of the Golden City Volunteer Fire Department was operating the pump at a grass fire, when he collapsed and died due to a heart attack. Interviews with department personnel indicate he was wearing structural PPE.

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Golden City Volunteer Fire Department, Golden City, MO

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Reports, Documentation, Lessons Learned

USFA Memorial Database: Norman Manka
MTDC: PPE and Heat (No longer online)
MTDC: Protective Clothing and Equipment
Excerpt from Protective Clothing for Wildland Fire Suppression …Protective Clothing for Wildland Fire Suppression
The article that this was transcribed from is no longer online — was at tinhelmet.com under archives_files/mauney_wildland.pdf

The following portion was apparently a MTDC review of deaths of firefighters (1985-1999) wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) not designed for wildland fire conditions.

The following has info on firefighters that died… Ch 8 (pp 26-27) heart attack and heat stroke fatalities.

“The following individual firefighter fatality information was obtained from NFPA, NIOSH, and OSHA investigation reports as well as personal interviews with department personnel.”

6.2 Mid-West and West Coast Fatalities

(snip)

Golden City, MO, Firefighter Norman Manka collapsed and died at the scene of a brush fire on March 13, 1996. Personal interviews with department personnel verify he was wearing bunker gear…
MTDC: 1993 – Components of Wildland Fire Personal Protective Equiipment (PPE)