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Fatally Injured CAL FIRE Firefighter Identified
By Anonymous — Monday, July 8th, 2013
Riverside – CAL FIRE Fire Apparatus Engineer/Paramedic Christopher Douglas, 41, of Temecula was fatally injured while responding to a traffic collision along Interstate 10 near the Thousand Palms area in Riverside County. He was an eight year veteran of CAL FIRE. Engineer Douglas is survived by his wife, Amy, and two year-old son, Samuel "Sammy". Christopher is also survived his siblings, Martin Douglas and family of Colorado Springs, Heather Douglas of Denver, mother, Rose Porter of Colorado Springs, and his in-laws, Ronald and Sheryl Aitken of Newport Beach, and sister in law Jessica Carroll & her family of Costa Mesa, and sister in law Veronica Herrington and family from Newport Beach. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued the following statement regarding the death of Engineer/Paramedic Christopher Douglas: “Anne and I were saddened to learn of the death of Engineer Christopher Douglas. Our thoughts are with his family, friends and fellow state firefighters.” Below are some links to photos of fallen firefighter Christopher Douglas Photo of Christopher Douglas - www.fire.ca.gov/communications/images/ChrisDouglas.jpg Photo of Christopher Douglas, his wife Amy and their son, Sammy - www.fire.ca.gov/communications/images/ChristopherDouglasFamily.JPG His career spanned over 9 1/2 years with eight years service credit as a veteran firefighter for CAL FIRE. Cards can be sent to the family in care of: |
