Cause
of Death: Internal injuries
End of Watch: March 22, 1987
Date of Incident: March 22, 1987
Age: 62
Rank: Lieutenant
Status: Career
Badge Number:
Tour of Duty:
Assignment: Engine Company #22
Final Alarm: Roosevelt & Huizar
Nature of Death: Fell off fire truck and slipped under its wheels.
Engine Company #22 with Lieutenant Ernest Flores in charge responded to reports of a smell of ammonia at the L&H Packing Plant. His company was ordered to lay a line to the warehouse to spray down the ammonia gas leak. During the layout of the lines on the shoulder of the 3400 block of Roosevelt, Lieutenant Flores lost his grip while getting on the running board and fell beneath the 13 ton truck’s wheels. He died instantly at the scene.