Incident Name: grass fire
Date: 7/26/1987
Personnel: Vandell Weathers
Age: 54
Agency/Organization: Cisco Fire Department, Cisco, TX
Position: firefighter
Summary: On July 26, 1987, Vandell Weathers suffered a heart attack and died after operating at a grass fire near Eastland, TX.
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Cisco Fire Department, Cisco, TX
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Reports, Documentation, Lessons Learned
- National Wildfire Coordinating Group brief historical record in Historical Wildland Firefighter Fatalities 1910 – 1996:
- Year: 1987
- Name of Incident / Location: Cisco, TX
- Agency / Fire Department: 1 PVT, Cisco Vol. F,Cisco, TX
- Fire Behavior: Unknown
- Remarks: Heart attack after operating at a grass and brush fire near Eastland TX.
- USFA Memorial Database: Vandell Weathers and he was honored at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Emmitsburg, MD
- Texas, Death Index: Clyde Vandell Weathers
- Name: Clyde Vandell Weathers
- Gender: Male
- Event Date: 26 Jul 1987
- County: Eastland
- Event Place: Eastland, Texas, United States
- Born: 1933
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