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In the Line of Duty
Dwight W. Bazile, Houston, TX
2/21/2015
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.