Firefighter Line of Duty Deaths

NIOSH: ICS, Training Issues in Texas LODD

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NIOSH investigators spoke of the importance of incident command and management and firefighters receiving training on Mayday following a probe of a 2010 blaze that claimed a Texas captain, who asked someone else to call for help after he became trapped.

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That Mayday transmission wasn't heard.

The following day, firefighters recovered the body of Wharton Fire Capt. Thomas Araguz, 30, inside the egg processing plant.

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