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Tragedy at North Dakota Fire Academy

4 September 2012 No Comment

A Fire Academy of North Dakota firefighter died Saturday during an exploratory dive in preparation for a training exercise in a Minnesota lake.

Firefighter Jim Reardon, also a photographer for the academy, was on an was surveying the lake in preparation for the Aug. 18 dive when he died, according to a statement from Fire Chief Darrell Graf.

The USFA is considering Reardon’s death as occurring while on duty.

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