Firefighter Brian K. Burnett

Firefighter Burnett and Captain Robert Ulrich were responding in a tanker (tender) to the report of a brush fire. Firefighter Burnett was driving.

The tanker failed to negotiate a curve. It left the roadway and crossed into a cornfield where it rolled several times. Firefighter Burnett was ejected from the apparatus and it rolled over him. Captain Ulrich was trapped in the tanker, which was on its roof, until he was extricated by other firefighters. Both firefighters were transported to the hospital.

Captain Ulrich died six days later (November 4, 1999).

Firefighter Burnett died 86 days later (January 22, 2000).