The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is seeking participants for a brief survey about line-of-duty deaths (LODD) and serious injury investigations. Every year, 60 to 100 firefighters die in the line of duty. When LODDs occur, fire departments can ask the NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP) to conduct...Read More
All, We regret to pass on that the Chief of the Slocum Volunteer Fire Department (north of Houston) died in the Line of Duty Saturday after he experienced a serious medical emergency while responding on a run earlier this week. Fire Safety Chief Dan Hernandez, 71, experienced that medical emergency while responding to a fire...Read More
All, We regret to pass on that 2 Prince Edward Island (Canada) Paramedics died in the Line of Duty on Tuesday. They were transporting a patient (who also died) when they were reportedly struck head on by a truck in Melrose, New Brunswick, Canada. Paramedic Jenna Croucher, 23 – who comes from a family of...Read More
Two London Firefighters Killed in Warehouse Fire – Bromley-by-Bow, Greater London, United Kingdom – July 10, 1991 On July 10, 1991, London Fire Brigade Firefighters David Stokoe and Terry Hunt lost their lives tackling a blaze at a warehouse in the Bromley-by-Bow section of the city. The fire broke out on the second floor of...Read More
All, We regret to pass on that a longtime Carbon County (NW of Allentown PA) Fire Chief died in the Line of Duty Saturday morning after suffering a medical episode just hours after responding to emergency calls. Chief William “Bill” George, 74, of Aquashicola, who served as chief of the Aquashicola Volunteer Fire Company and...Read More
All, We regret to pass on that Cottekill (Ulster County, NY) Fire Chief David Gagnon was killed in the line of duty on Friday, while working at a call. Around 1500 hours the Cottekill Fire Department responded to a call for a tree down on Lucas Turnpike near the Rosendale Police Department. Shortly after responding, an emergency call...Read More
