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Year Honored
2001
Honoree
Barbara Poppo
Agency
New York City Fire Department - Bureau of EMS
Agency City
Brooklyn
Agency State
NY
Last Call
1/21/01
Cause of Death
On-duty Cardiac
Biography
Barbara Poppo of the New York Fire Department died January 21, 2001, while shoveling snow from the driveway of the Emergency Medical Station in Brooklyn, New York. Barbara began to feel ill and requested to be examined by FDNY paramedics assigned to her station. She was removed via EMS to Coney Island Hospital experiencing an episode of chest pain. She went into cardiac arrest from which she did not recover.<br /> <br /> Ms. Poppo, 37, was a thirteen-year veteran of emergency medical services, spending much of her career in Brooklyn, New York. She was recently promoted to the rank of Lieutenant and was reassigned to Brooklyn. Barbara was well respected by the EMS service, especially among her co-workers at her present and former assignments, which include EMS Battalions 43 and 35. She was a long time member of the department's Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Team. Barbara was a highly decorated member of the EMS Command having earned as many as 10 pre-hospital save medals and an Excellent Duty Medal.<br /> <br /> Lt. Poppo took great pleasure in her work in the EMS field and was immensely proud of her profession and accomplishments. She was especially proud of her five-year-old daughter.<br /> <br /> Barbara Poppo is survived by a daughter Colleen White, mother Theresa Poppo, sister Lillian Mason, and brothers Gerard, James, Jr., and Daniel.<br /> <br /> Honored 2001