Sun coverage: City fire recruit dies

December 19, 2008

Baltimore Fire Department plans fitness program

Responding to a federal report on the death of a fire cadet, Baltimore Fire Chief James Clack said the department has no plans to resume training exercises in vacant structures and will pursue physical fitness programs for its members and cadets. But a union official cautioned that cutbacks at the Fire Department could present new safety problems.

February 10, 2007

Firefighter recruit dies

A 29-year-old recruit with the city Fire Department died during a training exercise yesterday as she tried to extinguish a blaze set by instructors in a vacant rowhouse in Southwest Baltimore, according to fire officials.

February 10, 2007

Amid loss comes a search for answers

As relatives and friends mourned the death of a devoted mother who loved to sing, officials revealed details yesterday about the last minutes of a city Fire Department recruit who died during a training exercise Friday.