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Name: Alan Swartz
Rank: Firefighter
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Status: Wildland
Years of Service: Pending
Date of Incident: 08/27/2016
Time of Incident: 1500hrs
Date of Death: 08/27/2016
Fire Department: Beartown Fire Department - Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
Address: 16429 Bear Town Road, Baraga, MI 49908
Fire Department Chief: CEO Larry J. Denomie III
Incident Description: Firefighters Alan Swartz and James Shelifoe, Jr. were killed when the fire apparatus (crew vehicle) they were riding in on Interstate 35W near Blaine, Minnesota, crashed into the median barrier and rolled a number of times. Several other firefighters riding in the truck were seriously injured and transported to the hospital. The firefighters, members of the Beartown Fire Department’s Type 2 wildland handcrew, were on their way to work the Box Canyon Fire in Utah when the crash occurred. The fatal incident remains under investigation by authorities.
Incident Location: Southbound Interstate 35W & 95th Avenue, Blaine, MN
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