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Name: Steven Whitfield II
Rank: Cadet
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 5 months
Date of Incident: 03/31/2016
Time of Incident: 1100hrs
Date of Death: 03/31/2016
Fire Department: Houston Fire Department
Address: 600 Jefferson Street, Ste. 700, Houston, TX 77002
Fire Department Chief: Interim Fire Chief Rodney West
Incident Description: Cadet Steven Whitfield II was hired by the Houston Fire Department on October 26, 2015, and was a member of Class 2015-G that will graduate in June 2016. On March 31, 2016, Whitfield collapsed during obstacle course training at the Houston Fire Department Val Jahnke Training Facility. Other cadets, as well as a medic crew, immediately began CPR and tried to lower his body temperature. He was then transported to the Memorial Hermann Texas Trauma Institute where, despite the resuscitation efforts of the medical staff, Cadet Whitfield was pronounced dead at 1248hrs. The cause of death is still under investigation.
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