FDNY LINE OF DUTY DEATH
December 13, 1939 - LODD
Fireman Gerald T. Hanley
E 282
Brooklyn, NY
Fireman Gerald T. Hanley died of smoke poisoning while fighting a small blaze at 1179 51st Street. He was the second Probationary Fireman killed in Brooklyn in less than a month. Hanley and two other members of Engine 282 rushed into the smoke filled apartment at 1179 51st Street and all three were overcome by the smoke. Rescue 2 worked over Hanley for more than three hours before he was pronounced dead. Fireman Dunn, one of the other members overcome, was a classmate of Hanley, but he recovered.
RIP. Never forget.
December 13, 1939 - LODD
Fireman Gerald T. Hanley
E 282
Brooklyn, NY
Fireman Gerald T. Hanley died of smoke poisoning while fighting a small blaze at 1179 51st Street. He was the second Probationary Fireman killed in Brooklyn in less than a month. Hanley and two other members of Engine 282 rushed into the smoke filled apartment at 1179 51st Street and all three were overcome by the smoke. Rescue 2 worked over Hanley for more than three hours before he was pronounced dead. Fireman Dunn, one of the other members overcome, was a classmate of Hanley, but he recovered.
RIP. Never forget.