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Douglas Falconer

Correctional Officer II

Officer Falconer had been dispatched on September 30, 2008, with an inmate crew to the Sacramento Fire in the vicinity of Lake Havasu City near the California border with Arizona. The crew had just set up its gear and was working the fire line when Officer Falconer told others that he was dizzy. He was sitting down when he collapsed. He was treated by medical personnel assigned to the fire and transported to a local hospital. He was pronounced dead of a heart attack at 1445hrs.
photo of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial
Douglas Falconer was included in the USFA’s annual report Firefighter Fatalities in the United States.

Department information

Arizona State Prison-Globe
1000 Fairgrounds Road
Globe, Arizona 85501

Chief: Wade Woolsey

Age: 46
Rank: Correctional Officer II
Classification: Career
Incident date: October 1, 2008 14:00
Date of death: October 1, 2008
Cause of fatal injury: Stress/Overexertion
Nature of fatal injury: Heart Attack
Activity type: Unknown
Emergency duty: Yes
Duty type: On-Scene Fire
Fixed property use: Outdoor Property

Last updated: June 02, 2014