Incident Name: training hike
Date: 4/21/2018
Personnel: Anthony Colacino
Age: 33
Agency/Organization: California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
Position: Inmate firefighter trainee
Summary: Inmate Firefighter Trainee Anthony Colacino was participating in a training hike near Jamestown, California when he collapsed just before 0800 hrs on April 21, 2018. Fellow inmate firefighters attempted to revive Colacino before other emergency services personnel took over care. Despite all efforts, Colacino succumbed to a nature and cause of fatal injury still to be determined.
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training hike near Jamestown, California
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- Firefighter collapses, dies on training hike during first day on job4/23/2018 | LA Times online article
… The on-duty fire captain, along with four other inmate firefighters, took Colacino to the center’s firehouse, where they tried to save him by doing CPR in the vehicle and at the facility until an ambulance arrived, said Krissi Khokhobashvili, a corrections spokeswoman. “Those inmate firefighters, they jumped into action,” she said. “They did what they’re supposed to do.
… Colacino — who had served more than a year of a four-year, four-month sentence out of Riverside County for two counts of evading a peace officer while driving recklessly, cruelty to animals and discharging a firearm with gross negligence — was pronounced dead soon after. Officials said foul play is not suspected in his death, but the Tuolumne County coroner will determine the cause of death.
- Firefighter collapses, dies during first day of training4/25/18 | wildfiretoday.com
An inmate firefighter collapsed and died during physical training near Jamestown, California April 21. For Anthony Colacino it was his first day as a trainee firefighter on the Sierra Conservation Center fire crew. Just before 8 a.m., about 50 minutes into a one-hour training hike, Mr. Colacino collapsed.
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