“The fireman, Andreas, 45, fell on the stone and the dog”
“The white helmet with the figure of 510 lay on top of the coffin in Munkfors church a month later.”
“the Fireman, Andreas Larsen, 45, was not wearing when he fell headlong against a sharp rock and died.”
“the forest fire was extinguished, the only thing that remained was to gather up the hoses.”
“so Far this year, 46 working Swedish citizens died in accidents, according to the Swedish work environment Authority statistics. This is the highest figure since 2011, when 58 died. “
“Andreas Larsen was one of those who died in service in 2018. Andreas and his colleagues had just extinguished a forest fire at the Tuvtjärnen a mile to the southwest of värmland Munkfors. It was late in the evening of Wednesday, 30 may, but still warm out.”
“the Firemen would just collect the fire hoses. They took off the warm, protective clothing and helmets and were separated in a few minutes.”
” We may never find out exactly what happened. But it was at dusk and he may have slipped on a mosstäckt stone. He fell very unfortunate. Obduktionsrapporten shows that Andreas never managed to understand what happened. He died probably immediately. It is a comfort for the children and me, ” says former partner Vanja Persson.”
“the Case of the steep wood was 1.5-2 metres. Andreas Larsen landed on a sharp rock and died of a sharp blow to the head. The colleagues who were in the vicinity heard no screams. A moment later, they began to look for Andrew. When they found him it was too late.”
“– the Grief is still very real. But he still got put to sleep when he had done his job, the job that he loved the most, out in the countryside, in a peaceful location at the Tuvtjärnen. We have been there afterwards, with his colleagues, tells Vanja.”
“”always Took care of the victims””
“the Praise of Andrew was many.”
“– He used to be last on the place, was very eager to take care of the victims. All of the acclaimed Andreas for the job he had done. It felt good to hear that he was a well-liked colleague, ” says Vanya.”
“Andrew was deltidsbrandman, was on call every third week. In addition, he worked full-time as treatment and was involved bandydomare around in Värmland. To the funeral in Munkfors church on 29 June came to over 200 mourners.”
“– the heat wave continued. It was so hot that people thought it was a hassle. But that particular day it was a little cooler. Andreas little brother singing to him in the church. It was incredibly touching, incredibly a lot of flowers, ” says Vanya.”
“the Coffin was adorned with Andreas white helmet with the figure of 510. Links to kistdekorationen was the son of Daniel and daughter of alexandra’s last greeting in gold lettering: Beloved Father, we will see you in Nangijala.”
“– It makes most evil is that there is a man in our society who are indirectly to blame for Andrew’s death. Afterwards it was found that the fire was an arson, but we still do not know by whom, ” says Vanya.”
“We parted with a smile””
“Despite the fact that she and Andrew had gone their separate ways four years earlier, they still have a close relationship. The children live at home with Vanja and Andreas came by almost every day to meet them.”
“– Andreas was always welcome to our home, and I was always welcome to his family. On the afternoon of the same day as the forest fire he came past like he used to. We parted that day with a smile, ” says Vanya.”
“She is moved by all the support from the environment. Unknown people in the whole country engaged for Andreas and Vanjas children, 20-year-old Daniel and 19-year-old Alexandra.”
” I need to give a great tribute to blåljusfamiljen Andreas belonged to. They collected a large sum of money to the children, it means a lot for me as a parent. I and Andreas shared on all around the children, this money is instead of what Andreas would have helped with, for the driving license and the like, ” says Vanya.”
“Europe’s largest blåljusforum, Facebook-site CANOLA, collected the money for the Alexandra and Daniel. CANOLA started in 2014 and has 15 000 members. It is a forum for staff in Sweden who are working to help people: paramedics, medical personnel, rescue services, the police, customs, border patrol, correctional, stewards, security guards and fjällräddare.”
“– they do everything They can to help people, but when they themselves need help, maybe it’s not there. Then we can go in and support, ” says Patrik Nordgren, one of three responsible for RAPE.”
“Pouring in money from the whole of Sweden”
“the Collection of Andreas children was published not only on the forum, but also outside.”
“– Accommodation in Munkfors thought it was a fantastic initiative. The money is pouring in from all over Sweden, says Patrik.”
“It was not the first time RAPE collected the money, the former has, among other things, two security guards who was severely beaten received a large sum of money that they could use during the period of rehabilitation.”
” oilseed RAPE has created connectedness between the professions. In the past, we did not see each other as colleagues. Now we’re talking to police officers that ”colleagues at the hospital need help.” We are all working toward the same goal, has become a big blåljusfamilj. It is amazing, ” says Patrik Nordgren.”