concept of a database that tracks firefighter "near misses" and supplements the statistics kept for firefighters killed in the line of duty. His focus for more than 75 years was the reduction of firefighter injury and death. His son Vincent Brannigan is an attorney and a professor in the University Of Maryland Department of Fire Protection Engineering. His granddaughter Ariana Kelly is a state delegate in Maryland. Francis L. Brannigan was inducted into the United States Navy Fire & Emergency Services Hall of Fame in August 2010. External links : Washington Post Obituary Brannigan, F. L. (2005). Building construction seminar (notes). Women in the Fire Service Conference. Rockville, MD. Firehouse.com News. (2006, January 17). Fire service construction educator Frank Brannigan passes away. Retrieved April 3, 2007 from https://web.archive.org/web/20070701150648/http://cms.firehouse.com/content/article/article.jsp?sectionId=46&id=46811. Maryland State Firemen's Association. (2007). Francis L. Brannigan Instructor of the year award. Retrieved April 17, 2007 from http://www.msfa.org/content/annual/BranniganAward.cfm Kapko, M. (2006, January). Firefighters mourn loss of Frank Brannigan, safety pioneer. FireRescue. Retrieved April 17, 2007 from http://www.firerescue1.com/firefightersafety/articles/15032/. 1918 births 2006 deaths United States Navy officers Burials at Arlington National Cemetery