Firefighter Joseph P. Cooney

Photo of Firefighter Joseph P. Cooney
Last Call: Wed, Apr 1st, 1953
Date of Incident: Wed, Apr 1st, 1953
Cause of Death: Structural Collapse
Service Time: 37 years
Age: 59

Survivors

His wife Margaret

Incident

FF Cooney died in a structural collapse when a wall and porches fell on him while fighting a large fire in a apartment building. Also killed were Firefighters Don Nastaiso and Melvin Kurtz.

Firefighter Cooney was a U.S. military veteran of WW I.

Agency

Kansas City Fire Department Patch
635 Woodland Avenue - Suite 2100
Kansas City, Missouri 64116
(816) 513-4600

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