Line-of-Duty Death (LODD)
Goldsboro Fire Police Officer Brian Peek was fatally struck while directing traffic at a motor vehicle crash
The Los Angeles County Fire Department released a summary of the front-loader fire and explosion that killed Firefighter Andrew Pontious
New Bedford Firefighter Matthew Forand received the Medal of Valor at the Firefighter of the Year Awards for a rescue in 2014
The FDNY dedicated a plaque and street to William Tolley, the longtime firefighter who fell from a Queens roof last year, down five stories to his death
Martin Pang set fire to a frozen-food warehouse owned by his parents on Jan. 5, 1995, in an effort to collect insurance money
Thu Hong Nguyen’s sentence was punishment for causing what Assistant Jackson County Prosecutor Dan Nelson called “pain that is real, is ragged and is ongoing”
Robert Phillips II, 62, was found unresponsive by his wife in their home after responding to two different emergency incidents
Prosecutors are recommending an 89-year prison term for the “serial arsonist” who set a fire in her nail salon that resulted in the deaths of two firefighters
Because of the near ground-level release, the retardant struck with such force it uprooted an 87-foot tree that fell on Matthew Burchett
Tony Flores, a bulldozer operator assigned to the 1,120-acre wildfire burning at Tahoe National Forest, died in a crash on the way to an incident command post
San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood offered his interpretation of a federal report to be released this week that examines the death of firefighter Scott Deem
Officials said Queen Anne-Hillsboro Volunteer Fire Company Assistant Chief Daniel Lister was responding to a vehicle crash when he suffered a medical emergency
Eric Aarseth, 20, was taken off of life support after suffering irreversible brain damage from pneumonia, which became septic
An attorney representing the families of the firefighters killed in a 2013 blaze says the city has refused to waive claims to $1.4 million it paid in benefits
Firefighter-paramedic Raymond Miller, who served the Ashland Fire Department for over 30 years, was remembered as someone who inspired others
Willow Street Fire Company Chief Michael Reese, a 39-year fire service veteran, died unexpectedly at his home
Although four names are emblazoned on the back of Randall Rogers’ semi-truck, the rig honors all firefighters who have died in the line of duty
Cooper Brooks was escorted to his first day of kindergarten by the colleagues of his father, Christopher, who died in May from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash
Fire retardant dropped from a plane into an area that should have been cleared of firefighters may have had something to do with the death of Matthew Burchett
Police said Los Angeles County Fire Department Capt. Wayne Habell’s body was found in a Santa Barbara canyon
Garivaldi Castillo, 33, and Julio Salcedo, 36, were charged in the death of 44-year-old Battalion Chief Michael Fahy, a 17-year FDNY veteran
The lawsuit claims the firefighters might not have become trapped in a burning house if the closest fire truck able to carry water had been in service that night
A tornado with a base the size of three football fields and winds up to 165 miles an hour swept down on Jeremy Stoke in mere seconds, according to the report
Orange Rural Fire Department Assistant Chief Jeff Holden was found unresponsive at the station
Draper City Fire Department Battalion Chief Matthew Burchett was battling flames downstream of Lake Pillsbury’s Scott Dam when he was hit by a falling tree
This is the first confirmed death in the Mendocino Complex Fire in Mendocino County and the sixth of the fire season in California
Friendship Volunteer Fire Department Assistant Chief Madison Clinton Jr. was killed after he was pinned under a collapsed porch roof
DeKalb County Fire Rescue firefighter Barry Everett, 42, was found during a shift change after dying from an unknown cause
Thomas Kim, who was charged with shooting Capt. David Rosa to death, died at a hospital of an undisclosed condition
Englishtown Fire Department firefighter Pasquale DiBenedetto was remembered by his colleagues as a big-hearted, selfless man
Hundreds of firefighters and police officers lined the streets as the daughter of Battalion Chief James Nelson, who died from a brain aneurism, went to school
The Alameda County Fire Department honored “the firefighters who made the ultimate sacrifice” by lowering the flag to half-staff
The ruling means Will Willis’ family will receive full benefits offered to any other firefighter who died in the line of duty
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