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Tulare Unit Dispatch Medical Emergency Fatality 1964

  • Location:

    California
  • Date:

    07/13/1964
  • Incident Type:

    Medical or Exertion
  • Description:

    Edward McKinney, 44, a fire dispatcher at the Tulare Ranger Unit office in Visalia for the California Department of Forestry (now CAL FIRE), suffered a heart attack on duty. McKinney passed away at the hospital. He was a 12-year veteran of CDF. 

    Medical or Exertion or Heat, Fatality, Medical Emergency, Dispatch