Incident Name:
Date: Date of incident: 5/18/2013 ; Date of death: 5/19/2013
Personnel: Brad Harper
Age: 23
Agency/Organization: Phoenix Fire Department
Position: firefighter
Summary: Firefighter Harper was pinned between two fire department vehicles (fire truck and ambulance)at the scene of an outside (mulch) fire. He was treated at the scene and transported to the hospital by other firefighters but did not survive.
(have his photo, but this probably isn’t wildland, grass or forest fire; it was a mulch fire)
Maps
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Reports, Documentation, Lessons Learned
- USFA Memorial Database: Brad Harper
Wildlandfire.com Links:
Media Articles and Reports
- Phoenix firefighter killed, pinned between emergency vehicles5/19/2013 | Online Article
A Phoenix firefighter has died after being pinned between two emergency vehicles while responding to a fire. According to officials, Bradley Harper, 23, got caught between an ambulance and a fire truck as the two were trying to pass each other on a narrow road. The crews were responding to a mulch fire at a business in southwest Phoenix at 39th Ave. and Lower Buckeye Rd. around 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Emergency crews were able to rock the ambulance back and forth to free Harper, who was then rushed to St. Joseph’s Hospital.
- 3 mistakes blamed for death of Phoenix firefighter Brad Harper7/23/13 | Online Article
- Report: Phoenix Fire Department fined $95,000 in death of firefighter Brad Harper10/22/2013 | Online Article
Photos, Videos, & Tributes
Facebook: Remembering Brad Harper
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