Incident Name:
Date: 4/22/98
Personnel: Ralph William Stanbery
Age: 62
Agency/Organization: Granby Fire Department, Granby MO
Position: firefighter driver
Summary: Firefighter Stanbery was assisting with the filling of brush trucks from a tanker (tender) at an arson wildland fire. He collapsed and subsequently died of a heart attack.
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Granby Fire Department, Granby MO
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Reports, Documentation, Lessons Learned
- Ralph Stanbery’s name, death date and brief bio are included in the USFA Firefighter Fatality Retrospective Study, published April 2002 (2,888 K pdf)
- USFA Memorial Database: Ralph William Stanbery
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