Incident Name: Hart County Grass Fire
Date: 2/xx/1988
Personnel: William Cox
Age: 62
Agency/Organization: Munfordville Volunteer Fire Department, Munfordville, Kentucky
Position: firefighter
Summary: On 2/xx/1988, William Cox perished after he was thrown from cab of the engine and crushed. The engine was responding to a Hart County grass fire.
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Munfordville Fire Department, Munfordville, Kentucky
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Reports, Documentation, Lessons Learned
- Brief information from the NWCG Historical Wildland Fire Fatalities, 1910-1996 (616 K pdf) p. 9Munfordville KY Volunteer FD, 1988
thrown from cab of engine and crushed while responding
1 fatality
- USFA Memorial Database: William F Cox
- US Social Security Death Index: William Cox (Larue KY)
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- In memory of the fallen firefighters of KY: Members of the Route 377 Volunteer Fire Department in Northeastern Kentucky acquired the inactive 80′ tall Hickory Flats Fire Lookout Tower with a ground cabin where the towerman with the U.S Forest Service or CCC lookout lived while on duty. It was made by the Aeromotor company that made windmills and was part of the old Cumberland National Forest system (now the Daniel Boone NF). Mr Jim Getz donated the tower in 2002 and 1/2 acre site which he acquired through a land swap/purchase with the FS in the early 80’s. The fire department and friends raised the money to purchase access to the site and to make the repairs to the ground house and the cab’s windows and floorboards. “The tower and grounds will be dedicated in the memory of Kentucky firefighters who have lost their lives attacking wildfires across the commonwealth.”
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