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.
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
Worcester Firefighter Mark Stomski was injured on the job when a fire truck’s brakes failed
William R. Powell created the organization’s first hazmat and swift-water rescue teams, bought three fire trucks with ladders reaching 150 feet and started hiring female firefighters
Firefighters from 19 departments across Wisconsin will staff Madison fire stations and ambulances on Sunday so Madison firefighters can attend a memorial service for firefighter Todd Mahoney
The prosecutor described a scene that quickly changed from a routine medical call to a chaotic, dangerous situation with multiple shots being fired by Houston and by officers trying to deal with the threat he posed
Omaha Fire Department firefighters were called to fellow Firefighter-Paramedic Jeremy Knott’s home, but were unable to resuscitate him
A 57-page report released by NIOSH details how inactive sprinklers, previous structure collapses and other factors led to the 2018 death of two York City Fire Department firefighters
An impromptu procession to honor Mahoney took place as firefighters and police officers escorted him from the hospital to the medical examiner’s office
NYPD reports that a bird may have caused the pilot to make an emergency landing 11 minutes after takeoff
Can NIOSH capture the impact of department culture rooted in unsafe actions?
Maryland Heights Fire Department Firefighter-Paramedic Chris Moore was a 20-year veteran and leaves behind a son and daughter
Prince George County Volunteer Firefighter Allen Goodier allegedly threatened first responders with a knife and failed to follow police instructions
A Philadelphia Fire Department firefighter died during the swimming portion of a triathlon from an apparent cardiac arrest, according to a spokesman
An Austrian firefighter was demonstrating an aerial device by taking 3rd and 4th grade students up in the bucket when he suffered a fatal electric shock
Fire Forum focused on efforts to quell the increasing number of fire deaths and improve firefighter safety
Christopher Fire Department Volunteer Firefighter Kody Vanfossan died fighting a multi-alarm commercial fire
Ronald Shuker, a 20-year veteran of the Monarch Fire Company and a retired police lieutenant, was killed in the fire
Kyle Joseph Compton, 23, was killed in a crash after his car veered off the road and he struck several trees
Robert Thomas Shubert, 31, a five-year veteran of the Murrells Inlet-Garden City Fire Rescue, died in a single-vehicle wreck just before midnight on Friday
Melanie Clark reflects on the events following the death of her husband, Lt. Brad Clark
Greeley firefighter Steven Michael Kuzik, a 21-year veteran of the department, was on his way to work at the time of the crash
An autopsy determined that Firefighter Christopher Roy, died from smoke inhalation and that the manner of death was homicide
Firefighter-EMT Nikki Sullivan died after a long battle with occupational cancer, and first responders escorted her daughter to school on the last engine her mother rode on
Famed fire illustrator Paul Combs encourages firefighters to use their passion to inspire greatness in moments big and small to leave a mark on the fire service
Retired FDNY Lt. Timothy O’Neill died April 5, and Firefighter Kevin Lennon on April 4, both from 9/11-related cancers, and retired Fire Marshal Michael Andreachi died within the same period
Brett Korves worked as an on-call firefighter for the Swansea Fire Department, where he was a 10-year veteran
Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Carlos Rosario shares his recovery after being struck on a roadway and promotes safety during Distracted Driver Awareness Month
Daniel Laird, a Tahoe National Forest helitrack captain who was killed in a helicopter crash in Texas, was honored by the Sacramento Fire Department
30 firefighters have been killed as over 600 battle the blaze at an altitude of 3,800 meters above sea level
Brock Currens, 17, was trying to help extinguish a car fire at a motorsports park when he crashed his ATV
FDNY firefighter Michael Davidson died from smoke inhalation in a building that was being used as a movie set
Daniel Roy died after he spent several days in the intensive care following a crash on his motorcycle
