Windsor Fire Fighter Declared LODD

I copied this from the WPFFA website (www.windsorfirefighters.org) when I received the news today from Doug Diet. You can read the rest of the story at their site.

Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has accepted the claim of Captain J. Douglas Patterson, who passed away a year ago on March 2, 2006, of an occupational disease, namely non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and as a result he is considered to have died in the line of duty.

Although an occupational disease death may appear to be less dramatic publicly, it is no less traumatic to our fire service, our WPFFA membership, and most importantly – the family.