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Notice of Firefighter Fatality: Mandeville, LA

from USFA Firefighter Fatalities

Joseph T. Grace of the Saint Tammany Fire Protection District #4 - Mandeville Fire Department in Mandeville, LA has died as the result of an on-duty incident that occurred on 2009-07-09

On the evening of 7/8/09, Joseph Grace participated in a departmental drill for a "man down" drill. He had also responded to multiple incidents during the day of the 7/8/09 and over night into the early morning of 7/9/09. At approximately 0645 hours on 7/9/09, he responded to an incident prior to going off shift around 0730 hours. He reported to his second job as a paramedic and was in the process of cooking breakfast when crew members entered the kitchen and found him collapsed around 0830 hours. Care was initiated on scene and he was transported to a local care facility before being transferred to a larger medical center where he remained until his death. The nature of the fatal injury is still to be reported.