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.
Kings County Captain Mark Eads was known as “a dedicated firefighter who served the community with passion and commitment”
Coweta County Battalion Chief James Bartholomew Cauthen was killed and two others wounded when a resident fired on the trio during an MVC involving a deer
Burnsville Officers Matthew Ruge and Paul Elmstrand and Firefighter-Paramedic Adam Finseth were ambushed during a domestic disturbance
Boys Town Fire & Rescue Chief John Sing, 67, collapsed at the fire station after returning from an emergency medical call early Monday morning
Kentucky volunteer Firefighter Robert Combs was pronounced dead at the scene, and a 72-year-old was airlifted to a hospital
The owner of the farmhouse admitted to causing the blast, which killed three firefighters and injured two others
Escambia Fire Rescue Chief Dwain S. Bradshaw, 41, was at the scene of a fatal motorcycle crash when he was struck and killed by a log truck
Officials said they found a timer and gas canister in the rubble, leading them to believe the explosion was deliberate
Matthew McDevitt, 31, was diagnosed with NUT Midline Carcinoma, a disease that rearranges genes in the body
Police said the slaying followed an incident hours earlier at a motel in a nearby town
Firefighter Alex Graham, 48, suffered a “critical medical emergency” while at the D.C. Fire and EMS training facility
Firefighter-EMT Brett Wilson, 23, was killed after coming in contact with downed power lines
Greg Garza died after he tripped or stumbled from a fire truck onto the street, where he was hit by an oncoming vehicle
“Suicide is a tragic reality among our men and women of public safety and military service,” the department wrote on Facebook
The 22-year-old man wants a judge to drop the murder, arson and burglary charges
Firefighter Robert Bush was feeling ill during training, and fellow firefighters offered him medical help immediately
Christopher Allen Randazzo, 39, was found dead after deputies responded to an unknown medical call
William Schreck spent his entire FDNY career at Engine Company 218 in Brooklyn; he retired in 1960 after a 20-year career
Michael Johnston, a member of the Equality Volunteer Fire Department, was responding to a brush fire at the time of the crash
Riverside Elementary School raised nearly $700 in honor of Randy Syphrit, who was killed over the summer, and who regularly visited the school to teach fire safety
Plano Fire-Rescue fire engineer Brent Cuba, 43, was scheduled to work but didn’t arrive by shift change
Steven Henderson and another firefighter were inspecting their fire truck on the side of the road when another firefighter struck them with his POV
Chief Charles Hood described veteran firefighter Greg Garza as a gregarious man who always had a smile on his face
Greg Garza, a 17-year veteran of the San Antonio Fire Department, appeared to trip while getting off the fire truck, before he was hit by a passing vehicle
A U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Jonathan O’Driscoll served as a Quincy firefighter for six years
As a member of the 82nd Airborne, Cory Combs, 33, served two tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan
Fire officials said Brian Poole was a “man who always had a smile on his face and was a vital piece of DFD Company 11"
New IAFC campaign focuses on watching for warning signs of cardiac events
Terry Gough, 52, has been charged with leaving the scene of a fatality accident
Wheaton Volunteer Rescue Squad Deputy Chief Jacob DeGlopper was found dead three days after police raided his home
Paul Quattlebaum’s casket was carried atop a white and blue fire engine with the number 24, the first fire truck he drove
Mildred Gray Williams, 37, was replacing metal roofing on a building when she fell approximately 15 feet
Henderson Fire Chief Shawn White said his goal is to provide more resources and start a dialogue about mental health
