Line-of-Duty Death (LODD)
An idea from Minnesota Valley Transit Authority CEO Luther Wynder to show support on transit buses snowballed into a larger show of support
Battalion Chief John Garrow suffered a medical emergency while on duty
Burnsville Firefighter/Paramedic Adam Finseth was part of the SWAT team and one of three first responders killed on Feb. 18
The new law will provide $80,000 to families of both professional and volunteer firefighters
The bill will give 100 percent of the monthly salary earned by deceased first responders to spouses for their lifetime
Firefighter Dennis Rodeman was killed after being struck by a driver during a “Fill the Boot” fundraiser
Charles Tucker, 56, was returning home with his son after responding to a call when he lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a logging trailer
The firefighters’ union wants annual physicals, but only if there is no punishment for firefighters who fail
Steven Whitfield II, 32, was near the end of an obstacle course when he went down
Firefighters from across the country have reached out following the death of Christopher Ray
The bill would allow firefighter deaths from certain kinds of cancer to be considered line of duty deaths
Kenny Ray Jr. was found unresponsive at the plant and was later pronounced dead; authorities are still working to determine his cause of death
Christopher Gene Ray was riding on a fire truck while responding to a house fire when he fell off and was struck by the truck
Around 30 friends and fellow firefighters braved the rain Sunday night to honor Earl Shoemaker, who died on the way to a fire over the weekend
The Hanover firefighter suffered a medical emergency while driving a rig to a mutual-aid call
The trucks with the diesel engines from Navistar International make up about 35 percent of the fleet and take up 80 percent of the department’s maintenance time
Researchers investigated the impact of different tactics, firefighting location and measures such as skin cleaning and gross on-scene decon
Captain Peter Larlee died after falling ill while repairing an ambulance at the station
Josh Brolin and Miles Teller are set to star in the reality-based film about 19 Granite Mountain Hotshot firefighters who died
Shawna Lynn Jones, 22, died from injuries she sustained after being struck by a boulder
The bill aims to make cancer a job-related illness; it would give $80,000 to families of firefighters who die from cancer
Jurors blamed the city and the building’s landlord in the deaths and injuries to the veteran firefighters who responded to the Jan. 2005 fire
Kyle Wilson, 24, died while searching for residents in a 3-alarm house fire in 2007
Assistant Chief Daniel Cool, 71, was at a training meeting when he collapsed; he was a 50-year veteran
EMT Barry Miller was killed in the September crash; a colleague said he’d be proud of the new rig
The bill, passed unanimously by the state Senate, would provide 100 percent pension benefits to surviving families
James Butler spent the past 35 years volunteering his time as a firefighter and followed his father, James R. Butler, as a chief of the department
Officials said a newer crew was working on the second ladder unit dispatched to the scene where firefighter Joyce Craig died
Colleagues administered CPR after Lt. David Conley, 48, collapsed at the station; he later died at a hospital
The suit claims the newly installed digital radios repeatedly knocked firefighters off the air, forcing them to use hand signals
The 13-page report, that does not include the narrative of the fire scene, sheds little new light on the night Patrick Wolterman died
Daniel Capuano, a 15-year veteran of the Chicago Fire Department, also worked as a part-time firefighter and paramedic for the Evergreen Park Fire Department
The bill would provide benefits to the families of public safety officials killed in the line of duty
