Dallas FD - LODD 5-20-13 @ 6th Alarm Fire w/ Structural Collapse

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Just goes to show, yet again, you can have all the training and experience with one of the most safety conscious departments in the nation and still not be immune to the perils and tragedy of being a firefighter.

He transmitted a mayday, but the enormity of the collapse barred the FAS teams from getting to him before it was too late.

Rest in peace. Thoughts and prayers.

One firefighter was killed and two others were injured in a six-alarm blaze that destroyed at least 24 units at the Hearthwood North Condominiums at 12363 Abrams Road, near LBJ Freeway overnight.

Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans says the firefighter, who has been identified as 28-year department veteran Stanley Wilson, radioed in shortly before 5:30 a.m. that he was trapped and lost, at which point his radio went dead. It’s believed he became trapped when one of the floors collapsed. Almost three hours later his body was recovered from the wreckage.

The body was draped in an American flag as it was removed from the wreckage. Firefighters lined the path from the wreckage and saluted as Wilson was carried into an ambulance to be taken to the medical examiner’s office.

Wilson, 51, is survived by his wife and two sons.

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said Wilson was a 1980 graduate from Lake Highlands High School, a few miles away from the condo complex where he died.

Read more (with scene photos showing the love and support of the fire service): http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2013/05/dallas-firefighter-trapped-in-six-alarm-blaze-that-has-destroyed-condo-complex-on-abrams-road-and-lbj-freeway.html/

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RIP brother

[Task Force 7 65]

My thoughts and prayers go out to FF Wilson's family, and to the entire Dallas Fire Rescue family. RIP, Brother Wilson!

[SageVigiles 1,194]

Rest in Peace Firefighter Wilson. Thoughts and prayers going out to his family, friends and fellow Dallas Firefighters. This has been a tough couple weeks for Texas.

Edited May 21, 2013 by SageVigiles

[firemoose827 324]

Rest In Peace Firefighter Wilson...prayers to his families, both at home and the station.

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RIP

[sfrd18 360]

Rest in peace FF. Wilson.