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.
Wichita Firefighter Ty Voth collapsed while on scene and died after being taken to a hospital
The tribute to Newark Fire Division Captains Augusto Acabou and Wayne Brooks Jr. comes just over a year after their deaths while fighting a cargo ship fire
Last week, Jim Maxwell, a 73-year-old father of two, died fighting the Falls fire in eastern Oregon when the single-engine air tanker he flew went missing
Ian Howard died Aug. 21 while stationed overnight on a standby call
Gabriel Lee was found dead July 23 at his station
The May 16 death of Daryl B. Ritz was captured on a GoPro camera mounted inside Ritz’s dump truck
Jennifer R. Wilson discovered she had cancer just weeks after retiring from her job as a fire dispatcher
Keith Lane had responded to a motor vehicle crash earlier in the evening
Funeral services for Derek Ruthkosky were held Wednesday, where an honor guard of fellow firefighters participated
I guarantee this person would never have said something so ugly in person
Gregory Louis was shot in the back of the head outside his fire station Aug. 18
Dennis “Pawpaw” Tate was remembered for being a “beacon of strength” in difficult times
Charles Beaver, a 32-year veteran, taught CPR and life support techniques while serving as a firefighter
Security cameras outside the station where Gregory Louis was killed Aug. 18 were inoperable at the time
Jesse Austin Trader was killed August 2013 after his water truck crashed during a wildfire
Justin Beebe died Aug. 13 when he was struck by a tree while fighting a wildfire
Joe Heck was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer in 2015
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