As we near on the anniversary of 9/11, the memories of my grandfathers final days are turning pretty deep.

I’d started a post, and maybe I’ll get back to it… but then I just read my short post from a year ago.

I can’t stop the tears.

I miss you, Grandpa.

Today,  on the anniversary on one of the worst days in Firefighting history, 2 of Chicago’s Bravest perished during a building collapse. 14 others were injured during the initial collapse and subsequent search efforts.

May God Have Mercy on their Souls. May God Have Mercy.

About the deceased:

Title:                  EMT
Name:                   Paul Bazinet
Age:                    52
Date of Death:          January 3, 2010
Date of Funeral:        January 7, 2010
Cause of Death:         On Duty Cardiac Arrest

About the deceased’s EMS Agency:

Agency:                 Empire Ambulance Service
Agency City:            Glens Falls
Agency State:           NY

May God have mercy on your soul.

Title:                  Paramedic
Name:                   Paul D. Holmes
Age:                    37
Date of Death:          December 28, 2009
Date of Funeral:        TBA
Cause of Death:         Ambulance Involved MVC

About the deceased’s EMS Agency:

Agency:                 Douglas County Fire Department
Agency City:            Douglasville
Agency State:           GA

Comments:

Paramedic Holmes was responding to a call on Saturday evening when the
collision occurred. He was transported to Atlanta for treatment where he
succumb to his injuries earlier today. Funeral and Memorial Fund
information is forthcoming and will be posted as a follow-up to this
notification once released.

URL:

http://www.celebratedouglascounty.com/view/news/view1news/&cnews=3D431

Here is information just submitted on a Line of Duty Death:

About the deceased:

Title:                  EMT Chief
Name:                   Harry Moore
Age:                    77
Date of Death:          November 22, 2009
Date of Funeral:        November 27, 2009
Cause of Death:         Cardiac event at scene of call

About the deceased’s EMS Agency:

Agency:                 City of Duquesne EMS
Agency City:            Duquesne
Agency State:           PA

Comments:

Harry R. Moore, Chief of Duquesne Emergency Medical Services died while
responding to a motor vehicle accident in Duquesne, PA on November 22,
2009.  Chief Moore lived his life of service to our nation and to his
community.  Chief Moore was a US Army veteran who served during the time
of the Korean War; Vice Chairman of the local Planning Commission;
Member of the Duquesne Crime Watch; a life member of the NRA; father and
grandfather.

Chief Moore had always served his community with pride and distinction.
Shortly after the passing of his wife Patricia, Chief Moore and his
daughter Carol together entered an EMT Basic training program.
According to his family – it was his way of giving back to his
community.   Once certified as an EMT, Chief Moore became the most
active volunteer in the history of Duquesne EMS.  On more than one
occasion, Chief Moore had the distinction of taking the most calls out
of his agency in any given period of time.

A funeral mass and burial was held with a full EMS Honor Guard ceremony
by agencies around Allegheny County, PA EMS on Friday November 27, 2009.

Memorial contributions may be made to Duquesne Emergency Medical
Services, PO Box 572, Duquesne, PA 15110

Via NEMSMS

Godspeed, Brother. Be safe out there.

You may have heard about this already, but I’ll repost it for your information:

The Mountain Lifeflight aircraft was returning to its base in
Susanville, CA after dropping off a patient at a Reno, NV area hospital
when it crashed into a hilly area north of Reno near the
Nevada-California state line. There were no survivors.

Source

Remember to follow the EMS LODD feed from EMS1, located at the bottom right of my site, or follow @EMSLODD on twitter for EMS LODD notices and follow @medicNEWS on twitter for all EMS related tweets on Twitter.

I’ve always found it important to inform my readers of EMS LODD notices. I use an email alert to do so, but found this wasn’t always easy when I was away from my computer. Thus, I contacted Kris Kaull at ems1.com and asked them to add an RSS feed for their LODD notices. I’ve added it to my site at left, and here are the links you need for them. There is both now an LODD page and and LODD RSS feed.

Share, use, and most importantly thank ems1.com for their help on this. They always seem to have the most up to date notices.

http://www.ems1.com/DutyDeaths/

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