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Firefighter Line of Duty Deaths

Line-Of-Duty Deaths

In recognizing the sacrifice of fallen firefighters, this section will serve as a constant memorial to those who have given their lives protecting and ensuring the safety of the communities they serve. The significance of their contributions cannot be minimized, and while they will be dearly missed, their legacy lives on in the spirit of those who continue to serve.

For more information on how to honor the memory of a lost firefighter, visit the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation at www.firehero.org.

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Chief Don Felton [Guffey, Colorado]
Colo. fire chief dies of apparent heart attack Lt. Russell Neary [Easton, Connecticut]
Conn. firefighter dies from Sandy-related injury Chief Rob Van Wormer [Santa Cruz, California]
Calif. battalion chief dies while on duty Captain Neal Smith [Humble, Texas, Texas]
Firefighter dies after smoke-diver class Rick Schaefer [Hopkinton, New Hampshire]
N.H. fire chief dies on duty Anne Veseth [Moscow, Idaho]
Falling tree kills Idaho firefighter Vance Baldwin [Boise, Idaho]
Firefighter dies in ATV accident on way to EMS station Antonio Rodrigues [Yonkers, New York]
NY firefighter injured during training dies David Raymond Chew, Jr. [Bloxom, Virginia]
Firefighter ejected, killed in fire truck rollover in Va. Dr. John L. Echternach Jr. [Boones Mill, Virginia]
Va. firefighter dies of injuries sustained while responding Rocky E. Dunkin [Niles Township, Ohio]
Ohio volunteer firefighter dies while working crash scene Ronald Keddie [Sheridan, New York]
Former commissioner dies in NY firehouse Charles Wilson [Louisa County, Virginia]
Va. firefighter dies in car crash on way to station George Davis [Hollis, Maine]
Maine fire chief dies after call Donald Suggs [Summerville, North Carolina]
NC assistant fire chief dies after returning from call William Richard "Dick" Danes [Brazos County, Texas]
Texas volunteer firefighter dies Dave Wintz [Bucks County, Pennsylvania]
Pa. firefighter dies at chemical plant fire Richard Parks [Kinloch, Missouri]
Mo. captain dies after successful fire rescue Richard Nappi [New York, New York]
NY lieutenant suffers cardiac arrest at warehouse fire G. Marshall Sanford [Redding, Connecticut]
Conn. firefighter dies of 'medical issue' during brush fire

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