Name: Dwight W. Bazile
Rank: Captain
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 37
Date of Incident: 02/19/2015
Time of Incident: 1845hrs
Date of Death: 02/21/2015
Fire Department: Houston Fire Department
Address: 600 Jefferson, 7th FL, Houston, TX 77002
Fire Department Chief: Terry Garrison
Incident Description: Fire Captain Bazile fell ill shortly after responding to a residential structure fire with reports of people trapped inside. Captain Bazile was operating inside of the structure with other firefighters when he began experiencing a medical emergency. He was able to walk out of the burning building under his own power, but collapsed outside shortly thereafter and went into cardiac arrest. Captain Bazile was immediately treated by fellow responders and transported to Memorial Herman Hospital where he succumbed to his injury two days later.
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