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pass_alarms_020207.appHeader = "DEATHS | The 15 deaths in which alarms weren't heard";
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pass_alarms_020207[i++] = new Array("","<B>Dec. 18, 1998:</B> New York City","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
pass_alarms_020207[i-1].body = "James Bohan and Christopher Bopp died in an apartment fire in Brooklyn. No one heard their PASS alarms.";

pass_alarms_020207[i++] = new Array("","<B>Dec. 22, 1999:</B> Keokuk, Iowa","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
pass_alarms_020207[i-1].body = "Assistant Chief Dave McNally and firefighters Jason Bitting and Nate Tuck were trying to save three children when a flashover trapped them. No one heard their PASS alarms.";

pass_alarms_020207[i++] = new Array("","<B>Feb. 14, 2000:</B> Houston","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
pass_alarms_020207[i-1].body = "Firefighter Kim Smith was lost inside a burning McDonald's. When her PASS alarm failed, it took two hours to find her, only 6 feet from the door.";

pass_alarms_020207[i++] = new Array("","<B>Nov. 25, 2000:</B> Pensacola, Fla. ","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
pass_alarms_020207[i-1].body = "Firefighter Maurice Bartholomew got lost trying to leave a house fire. Firefighters searched for an hour before finding him in a kitchen at the back of the house. His PASS alarm was silent.";

pass_alarms_020207[i++] = new Array("","<B>May 9, 2001:</B> Passaic, N.J.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
pass_alarms_020207[i-1].body = "Firefighter Alberto Tirado was hunting for children in a fire. It took three tries to find him, and only when they turned him over could they hear a faint PASS alarm.";

pass_alarms_020207[i++] = new Array("","<B>March 1, 2002: </B>Jefferson City, Tenn.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
pass_alarms_020207[i-1].body = "Volunteer firefighter Shane Murray was trapped in a house fire. He was found after a search of 18 minutes, just 5 feet from the door. His PASS was silent. <br>";

pass_alarms_020207[i++] = new Array("","<B>May 3, 2002:</B> St. Louis.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
pass_alarms_020207[i-1].body = "Firefighter Rob Morrison's PASS alarm was not heard for 20 minutes while he was lost or trapped inside a refrigeration company fire. Firefighter Derek Martin went looking for Morrison at the wrong end of the building, Both men died. ";

pass_alarms_020207[i++] = new Array("","<B>Jan. 19, 2003:</B> Porter, Texas","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
pass_alarms_020207[i-1].body = "Volunteer firefighter Gary Staley was lost and injured in an explosion in a vehicle restoration shop. His PASS alarm was heard only when he was found and lifted.";

pass_alarms_020207[i++] = new Array("","<B>Dec. 16, 2003:</B> New York City","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
pass_alarms_020207[i-1].body = "Firefighter Thomas Brick was lost in a fire in a mattress warehouse, and it took 30 minutes to find him. When he was turned over, his PASS alarm emitted a faint sound. He had been in the first class of recruits after Sept. 11. ";

pass_alarms_020207[i++] = new Array("","<B>Feb. 18, 2004:</B> Carthage, Mo.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
pass_alarms_020207[i-1].body = "In 2004 in Carthage, Mo., firefighter Steve Fierro disappeared inside a fire at a bar. His PASS was not heard, and it took 43 minutes to find him. ";

pass_alarms_020207[i++] = new Array("","<B>Dec. 20, 2004:</B> Baytown, Texas","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
pass_alarms_020207[i-1].body = "Firefighter Nito Guajardo's PASS did not sound at a house fire. He was found after 15 minutes, 15 feet from the door.";

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