Name: Rafael Vazquez
Rank: Fire-Rescue Lieutenant
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 7
Date of Incident: 03/03/2008
Time of Incident: 1220hrs
Date of Death: 03/03/2008
Fire Department: Palm Beach Fire-Rescue Department
Address: 50 South Military Trail, Suite 101, West Palm Beach, FL 33415
Fire Department Chief: Fire Rescue Administrator Herman W. Brice
Fire Department Website:
www.pbcfr.org/ Incident Description: During a lunch break from a department mandated training session on “strategy and tactics,” Fire-Rescue Lieutenant Vazquez was shot and killed at a Wendy’s restaurant by a deranged gunman, who injured several others before turning the weapon on himself.
Incident Location: 1376 North Military Trail, Palm Beach, FL (USNG: 17R NK 8842 5323) (Map view -
www.fidnet.com/~jlmoore/usng/?zoom=19&usng=17RNK8842453231&disp=h Funeral Arrangements: Pending
Memorial Fund Contact and Address: Donations to assist the Vazquez family may be sent C/o: Union Office, 2328 S. Congress Avenue, Suite 2C, Palm Springs, 33406. You can also call (561) 969-0729. Checks can also be dropped of at any Palm Beach Fire-Rescue station. In the comment area of checks, please make note that the donation is for the Vazquez family.