Name: Daryl Gordon
Rank: Fire Apparatus Operator
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 29
Date of Incident: 03/26/2015
Time of Incident: 0000hrs
Date of Death: 03/26/2015
Fire Department: Cincinnati Fire Department
Address: 430 Central AVE, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Fire Department Chief: Richard Braun
Incident Description: Fire Apparatus Operator Gordon, assigned to Cincinnati Fire Department’s Heavy Rescue 14, died from injuries he sustained in a fall down an elevator shaft while working with fire crews to rescue the residents and extinguish a fire in a Madisonville neighborhood apartment building. Some of the residents were reported to have suffered smoke inhalation and one other firefighter was injured with second-degree burns in the fire. Investigation into the fatal incident continues by authorities.
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