Incident Name:
Date: 9/4/1996
Personnel: Richard C Dorsey
Age: 19
Agency/Organization: Bahama Volunteer Fire Department, Bahama, North Carolina
Position: firefighter
Summary: On September 4th, firefighters were responding to a call when a tree fell across the roadway and struck the brush truck. The accident killed Firefighter Rick Dorsey and injured one other.
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near Bahama, North Carolina
Reports, Documentation, Lessons Learned
- USFA: 1996 Firefighter Fatalities
- USFA Memorial Database: Richard C Dorsey
- Age: 19
- Rank: Firefighter
- Classification: Volunteer
- Incident Date: Sep 4, 1996
- Date of Death: Sep 6, 1996
- Cause of Death: Struck By
- Nature of Death: Trauma
- Activity Type: Riding Vehicle/Apparatus
- Emergency Duty: Yes
- Duty Type: Responding
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