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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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Marcel Marleau [Montreal, Quebec]
Twist of fate brought Montreal firefighter to fatal blaze Jason Johnson [Rose Hill, Kansas]
Rose Hill, Kan., firefighter remembered Amy Pennywitt [Ann Arbor, Michigan]
Ann Arbor, Mich., firefighter first to be killed in line of duty since '61 Daniel Nichols [Des Moines, Iowa]
Iowa firefighter killed on way home from work Chelsea Lyn Garvin [Mobile, Alabama]
Ala. firefighter dies from boat collision injuries Chad Wessels [Briggs, Texas]
Texas firefighter dies en route to blaze Richard B. McCurley [New Orleans, Louisiana]
N.O. fire captain killed when truck overturns on way to call Christopher James Roy [Calera, Alabama]
Calera, Ala., firefighter dies after firetruck hits 18-wheeler Clint Dewayne Rice [Hico, Texas]
Texas volunteer firefighter killed in truck accident Charles McKenzie [West Van Lear, Kentucky]
Volunteer firefighter killed in accident Kevin Joe Foster [Ellerslie, Georgia]
Ga. firefighter killed in apparatus crash Max Willard [Oakwood, Virginia]
Volunteer fire chief battling Virginia brush fire found dead Ed Teran [Riverside, California]
Calif. firefighter dies during fire Timothy Parsell [Collins, New York]
N.Y. firefighter dies responding to EMS call Wendell Jeffrey [Memphis, Tennessee]
Tenn. firefighter collapses and dies at station Jeremy LaRoche [Templeton, Massachusetts]
Mass. firefighter killed in car crash Franklin Eubanks [Arlington, Mississippi]
Miss. firefighter dies at scene of brush fire Robert Gallardy [Allentown, Pennsylvania]
Pa. firefighter dies after being burned in training exercise Lloyd C. Powelson [Richland, Pennsylvania]
Longtime Pittsburgh airport fire chief dies at 93 Tom Goulart [Visalia, California]
Hit-run kills Calif. volunteer firefighter

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