Line-of-Duty Deaths, 1999
June 2: Deputy Chief Rudolph Cohen, 67, a 41-year veteran of the Gary (IN) Fire Department, died of an apparent heart attack while on duty.
June 4: Firefighter Richard Heinze, 47, a 27-year veteran of the Newark (NJ) Fire Department, died after suffering a heart attack after returning to quarters from an early-morning response.
June 4: Captain Vincent Fowler, 46, a 21-year veteran of the Fire Department of New York, died after collapsing during a two-alarm fire in a private dwelling in the borough of Queens.
June 9: Firefighter Philip R. Cirrito, 47, a 25-year veteran of the Merion Fire Company of Ardmore, Pennsylvania, died after suffering an apparent heart attack in the fire station toward the end of a 24-hour shift.
June 13: Firefighter Joseph Tagliareni, Jr., 31, of the Secaucus (NJ) Volunteer Fire Department, died after suffering a heart attack while en route to an alarm. He lapsed into a coma and died several days later.
June 13: Firefighter Arch R. Sligar Jr., 52, of the Bethany (WV) Volunteer Fire Department, died of an apparent heart attack in the cab of the apparatus while responding to a mutual-aid fire call.
June 16: Captain Thomas Moore, 38, a 14-year veteran of the Manteca-Lathrop (CA) Rural Fire Department, died after falling from the second floor of a training center while conducting training.
June 17: Firefighter Paul McGrath, 50, a 19-year veteran of the Pittsburgh (PA) Fire Department, died after suffering several seizures after fighting a three-alarm fire in a vacant hospital.
June 19: Firefighter Ronald G. Phillips, 32, a 16-month member of the Sylvania Township (OH) Fire Department, died while taking part in a physical training exercise in quarters.
June 21: Assistant Chief Wayne Luecht, 48, a 25-year veteran of the Northbrook (IL) Fire Department, died from severe burns and internal injuries sustained when an electrical vault exploded in the basement of a department store.
June 22: Firefighter Wayne Rosen, 24, of the Akron (NY) Volunteer Fire Department, died in a motor vehicle accident while responding to the fire station.
June 23: Firefighter Matt Black, 20, a one-year member of the Lakeport (CA) Fire Department, died after coming in contact with a 12,000-volt downed power line while fighting a brush fire.
