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• LODD: Calif. firefighter-paramedic dies after battling cancer

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  Clayton Ogden was the department’s most senior firefighter, as well as a recipient of the “Firefighter of the Year” award in 2014

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  Fallen Calif. U.S. Forest Service firefighter returns home

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  Firefighter Brent Witham was killed in the line of duty in Montana when a tree fell on him while battling a wildfire

• LODD: Calif. firefighter dies after being struck by tree

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  Brent Witham, 29, was working with a wildland crew when he was hit by the falling tree

• LODD: Texas firefighter struck, killed while on scene

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  Jay Hinkie, 61, was doing traffic control at the scene of a crash when a vehicle struck him

• LODD: NJ firefighter dies from smoke exposure

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  Richard Leonard, 70, breathed in toxic plastic smoke for hours while operating a pumper in 1993

• LODD: Detroit firefighter dies after battling back-to-back blazes

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  Kevin Ramsey, 50, went into cardiac arrest after returning to the station

• NH fire chief to be honored over 63 years after his death

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  State Fire Marshall J. William Degnan ruled Chester Brickett’s 1954 death a line of duty death in 2017

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  LODD: Mich. firefighter dies after battling field fire

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  Allen Howard, 49, became ill the day after working in extreme conditions for several hours

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  LODD: Ore. firefighter, 19, dies after being hit by fallen tree

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  Authorities said Trenton Martin Johnson was part of a 20-person crew fighting a forest fire

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  Wash. firefighters hold vigil for fallen fire chief

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  Lynden Fire Chief Robert Spinner died Friday of an apparent heart attack while on duty; it was the first LODD in the department's history

• LODD: NC firefighter-paramedic dies after suffering heart attack

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  Frank Echevarria, 52, worked for Cumberland County EMS and spent 30 years as both a firefighter and paramedic

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  Charity helps family of fallen St. Louis firefighter

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  Backstoppers, an organization that helps the spouses and children of fallen firefighters and officers, will give financial aid to the family of Capt. John Kemper

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  LODD: St. Louis firefighter dies from injuries in blaze 

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  Capt. John Kemper, 59, was admitted to the hospital with what was believed to be a shoulder injury

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  LODD: 22-year-old inmate firefighter hurt in blaze dies

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  Frank Anaya severely cut his leg and femoral artery while battling the brush fire

• LODD: Forest Service firefighter dies during training exercise

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  William "Bill" Jaros, a 12-year veteran, was on a conditioning hike when he became ill and collapsed

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