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Name: Douglas C. Ambrozewycz
Rank: Firefighter
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Status: Volunteer
Years of Service: 41
Date of Incident: 12/11/1983
Time of Incident: 0050hrs
Date of Death: 06/10/2018
Fire Department: Perth Amboy Fire Department
Address: 375 New Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
Fire Department Chief: Edward A. Mullen
Incident Description: On December 11, 1983 Firefighter Douglas C. Ambrozewycz responded to a building fire at 102 Smith Street (Frank's Bakery) with Protection Hook & Ladder Company # 1. While engaged in fire suppression, a section of the first floor collapsed, sending him through the floor into the fire below. He was injured with 2nd & 3rd degree burns and received extensive medical care including numerous blood transfusions. Due to the required blood transfusions for the injuries sustained, he contracted Hepatits C which appeared many years later. This disease caused many debilitating health conditions including liver failure which ultimately caused his death on June 10, 2018.
Incident Location: 102 Smith Street, Perth Amboy, NJ (U.S. National Grid: 18T WK 6210 8447)
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