Name: Allen Charles Howard
Rank: Firefighter
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Status: Volunteer
Years of Service: 20
Date of Incident: 07/17/2017
Time of Incident: 1900hrs
Date of Death: 07/18/2017
Fire Department: Adrian Charter Township Fire Department
Address: 2889 Tipton HWY, Adrian, MI 49221-9218
Fire Department Chief: Tim Bartenslager
Incident Description: Firefighter Howard responded with his fire department to a mutual aid fire call in a field involving bailing equipment and multiple large bales of (burning) hay. The fire department reported very high heat and humidity conditions over the several hour incident period as firefighters worked to extinguish the fire. The following morning, Firefighter Howard fell ill and succumbed to a nature and cause of fatal injury still to be reported.
Incident Location: Beebe Hwy and Teachout RD
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