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Name: Jason Farley
Rank: Captain
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 20
Date of Incident: 05/23/2015
Time of Incident: 2230hrs
Date of Death: 05/24/2015
Fire Department: Claremore Fire Department
Address: 104 S. Muskogee, Claremore, OK 74017
Fire Department Chief: Sean Douglas
Incident Description: At 2230hrs on 05/23/2015, the Claremore Fire Department was called to rescue about 10 people caught inside of several residential units due to rising flood waters. While assisting with the water rescue, Captain Farley was swept into a flooded storm drain where he got trapped and drowned. Captain Farley's body was recovered approximately two hours after the water rescue began. Another firefighter who was also swept into the storm drain suffered non-fatal injuries. All of the residents were rescued without injury.
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