Firefighter Death
The death of a firefighters is a tragic event, not only for the firefighters’ family and friends but also their fire service family. The FireRescue1 Firefighter death information and resources page shares news about firefighter line-of-duty deaths (LODDs), off-duty deaths, memorials and remembrance events, and how the fire service can honor its fallen brothers and sisters.
A Pinedale volunteer firefighter suffered major head trauma during a grass fire
Birmingham Firefighter Jordan Melton was fatally shot inside Fire Station 9 in 2023
Authorities issued an arrest warrant for Yolanda Marodi, the wife of slain Captain Rebecca Marodi
Hialeah Fire Department Firefighter Crisanto Villa was run over by the truck after it crashed through the couple’s fence at their home
The fire service must recommit to reaching our newest “hard to reach” population – the general public
There are few reasons why a firefighter would be operating by themselves
Firefighter Walt Kussy and his wife, Susy, died within 10 minutes of each other on Friday, Chief Lisa Evers wrote in a post on social media
Franklin County Firefighter-Paramedic Eric Newman died on Wednesday after suffering a medical emergency on July 14
Stanton Firefighter Danny Ireton was killed responding to a call when the apparatus he was in collided with an 18-wheeler
Melbourne Fire Department Driver Engineer-Paramedic Scott Allender contracted the virus in early July
Thousands march in honor of those killed, as a fire lieutenant serves as “consoler-in-chief”
The body of Arlington Firefighter Elijah Snow was returned to the U.S. after his death while on vacation at a Mexican resort
Elizabeth Township’s Amanda Jo Gogoel was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in September 2020
Watertown Chief Matthew Timerman wants an internal investigation into the death of Peyton L.S. Morse
Two firefighters performing aerial surveillance over the Cedar Basin Fire died after their plane crashed earlier this month
Watertown Firefighter Peyton Morse was found unresponsive while wearing his SCBA during a training exercise at the state fire academy
Firefighter Thomas Royds, 49, was killed, and two other firefighters and a state trooper were injured when struck at crash scene
Law enforcement says no signs of violence were found at the scene of Arlington Firefighter Elijah Snow’s death at a hotel in Cancun
Hanover County Fire-EMS’ Lawrence “Jeff” Phipps, Sr., was diagnosed in February
Matthew Michael “Bear” Rominger died in May after a 5-week illness
Vincent Intiso, 57, served with the East Orange Fire Department for 34 years
Hillsborough Fire Company #2’s William Shaffer experienced a medical emergency at the scene and was transported to a nearby hospital
Palm Beach County Fire and Rescue Firefighter Joseph Deltergo, 45, was a 16-year veteran of the department
James Brooks, second assistant chief of the Whitehall Volunteer Fire Company, died after suffering a torn aorta, which was deemed a preexisting condition
Asst. Chief Jason Kirchner of Dalton remembered as a family man who helped his community
Thomas M. Barber, of Jacksonville, experienced a heart attack in June
About 250 firefighters joined in a procession to honor their fallen colleague, Senior Lt. Francis Dombrowski
Former Northwest Fire Chief Jeff Piechura and the plane’s pilot were surveying the Cedar Basin Fire
The firefighters were performing aerial reconnaissance to direct resources responding to a wildfire
Sean DeMuynck, 35, died in the line of duty the day before he was set to return home to Canada
Frank Dombrowski, 55, was shot in a gas station parking lot in Troy, Mich.
Gloucester Firefighter Gregory Marchant had been with the department for 27 years
Penn Wynne/Overbrook Hills Firefighter Sean DeMuynck was on his last call with the fire company
