Firefighter Record
Firefighter Details
| Name | Steven McNamee |
| Agency | Chicago Fire Department |
| Rank | Recruit/Candidate/Probationary |
| Type of Firefighter | Career |
| Age Range | 36 to 40 |
| Sex | Male |
| Date of Birth | 0/0/0 |
| Date of Death | 11/24/1993 |
| Cause of Death | Fall |
| Nature of Death | Trauma |
| Attribute of Death | [not applicable] |
| Type of Duty | Training duties |
Incident Details
| Incident Name | N/A |
| Incident City | Chicago |
| Incident State | IL |
| Incident Date | 11/23/1993 8:30 |
| Incident Location | Training ground |
| Incident Attribute | Training accidents |
Incident Summary
On November 23, 1993, Candidate Firefighter Steven McNamee of the Chicago Fire Department died in the line of duty during a training accident at the Chicago Fire Academy. Candidates had been taught the proper method for jumping from a building into an inflatable Life Cube and were practicing the technique by dropping thirteen feet into the device. Twenty-one candidate firefighters successfully completed the exercise, but McNamee was fatally injured during his jump, even though he landed within the Life Cube.
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