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Report Released After Capt. Jeff Bowen

On July 28, 2011 Capt. Jeff Bowen with the Asheville Fire Department went into cardiac arrest after succumbing to intense smoke and heat while fighting a high rise fire at the medical facility located at 445 Biltmore Avenue. The NIOSH report pertaining to this fire is complete and has been released Monday. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program conducts investigations of fire fighter line-of-duty deaths to formulate recommendations for preventing future deaths and injuries. This report is the final of 3 reports to conclude the investigation of the line-of-duty death from 445 Biltmore Avenue. The 3 reports include an internal report, which will be presented to the Public Safety Committee on August 27, the OSHA report and the NIOSH report.The NIOSH report details the circumstances of the deadly blaze and provides recommendations for improvement within the Asheville Fire Department. The final NIOSH report for the 445 Biltmore Avenue fire lays out 3 focus areas for the Asheville Fire Department to improve on in order to help prevent such a tragedy from happening again. The 3 main areas are: training, span of control and deployment strategy. Immediately following the tragedy last July, AFD began post analyzing the incident and has already taken steps to improve the areas addressed in Monday's posted NIOSH report. AFD also has additional plans in place to fully meet and exceed all recommendations.Click here to access the full report.Follow Russ Bowen on Twitter @RussBowenNews13 Related Links:Firefighter's Death Leads To Changes In Asheville Fire Dept. _______________ Follow WLOS on social media: WLOS ABC 13 News on Facebook:   / news13   WLOS ABC 13 News on Twitter:   / wlos_13   WLOS ABC 13 News on Instagram:   / wlos_13   Subscribe to WLOS on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ABC13Cha... Listen to AnchorMOMS, the Podcast: https://wlos.com/news/anchormoms/anch... Watch more top local news stories:    • Western Loses At ETSU, Highlights and more   For all of the day’s top local and national news, visit http://www.wlos.com Watch our live newscasts and other live video at https://wlos.com/watch Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: news@wlos.com Call the Newsroom: 828.684.1340 WLOS ABC 13 News serves the Asheville, NC area and the rest of western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. We keep our audience informed through local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of community events, sports and entertainment programming since 1954.