On August 5, 2014, 40-year-old Assistant Fire Chief Jamie Middlebrook of New Carlisle (IN) FD died in the Line of Duty after being trapped under a roof collapse while fighting a fire at a commercial storage building. Heavy fire was showing through the roof on Side Bravo and Side … [Read more...]
As an update, it was Draper (Utah) Battalion Chief Matthew "Matty" Burchett 42, who suffered injuries while at the Ranch Fire — one of multiple blazes comprising the larger Mendocino complex. He leaves behind his wife and 6-year-old son.“The one thing I would want people to know … [Read more...]
NORTH CAROLINA FIREFIGHTER LINE OF DUTY DEATH FOLLOWING TRENCH RESCUE
All, A 17-year veteran of the Orange Rural Fire Department (near Chapel Hill, N.C.) died in the line of duty earlier today (Monday). The Firefighter was found unresponsive at the main station around 1330 in downtown Hillsborough after a rescue call earlier in the day. Revival … [Read more...]
As an update to yesterdays posting, the Assistant Chief of the Friendship, Oklahoma, Volunteer Fire Department died in the Line of Duty Friday evening. Firefighters responded to a house fire near Altus and 54-year-old Friendship Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief Madison … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that long-time Englishtown (Monmouth County, south of NYC) Firefighter-Chief Engineer Pasquale "Pete the Pepper" DiBenedetto died in the Line of Duty Thursday. Chief Engineer DiBenedetto, 68, died after suffering a medical emergency Tuesday morning, hours … [Read more...]
By Noah Feit, The State: Will Willis died of cancer on Feb. 27 -- his 34th birthday. The engineer with the Asheville Fire Department had "a rare subtype of translocation renal cell carcinoma" in a kidney, according to a GoFundMe page set up to help his family -- which includes … [Read more...]
LODD: FIREFIGHTER IN DENMARK STRUCK BY FIRE APPARATUS
Bad news out of Denmark where a Firefighter was struck and killed while operating at a field fire. The Firefighter was struck by a water tanker while operating at the scene in the Town of Tastrup, near Harlev in Southeastern Denmark. The Firefighter who was killed was 41 years … [Read more...]
A pair of weed heads pled guilty to manslaughter in the death of an FDNY Battalion Chief. The pair’s faulty construction of a marijuana grow house led to a massive gas explosion which killed the veteran firefighter. FDNY Battalion Chief Michael Fahy was killed as a result of the … [Read more...]
We are regretfully pass on that FDNY Battalion Chief Robert Miuccio, 76, died Thursday of 9/11-related cancer. Chief Miuccio, who served with the department for 39 years, died after a two-year battle with lung cancer. Chief Robert Miuccio is pictured at the World Trade Center … [Read more...]
A Firefighter operating at a forest fire near Yosemite National Park has been killed in the Line of Duty. CalFire Firefighter Equipment Operator Braden Varney, 36, leaves behind a wife and two young children. Varney was a heavy equipment operator for CalFire, and this morning … [Read more...]
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