RECENT TRAGIC, OFF-DUTY FIREFIGHTER DEATHS
There have been several off duty Firefighter deaths that we are passing on:
California Firefighter, 25, drowns four years after dad’s LODD
A California Firefighter drowned in the Pacific Ocean this week – just four years after his Firefighter dad died on the job. Oakland Firefighter Caeden Laffan, 25, died around 0200 Thursday near the Pacific Pier south of La Jolla, San Diego. FF Laffan’s body was recovered around 0415 hours. Laffan – who was in San Diego for the California Summer Firefighter Games – was swimming with a friend at the time of his death. Laffan’s dad, Sean Laffan, was also an Oakland firefighter, who was an assistant Fire Chief who died from a heart attack while on duty in November 2020.
A California Firefighter drowned in the Pacific Ocean this week – just four years after his Firefighter dad died on the job. Oakland Firefighter Caeden Laffan, 25, died around 0200 Thursday near the Pacific Pier south of La Jolla, San Diego. FF Laffan’s body was recovered around 0415 hours. Laffan – who was in San Diego for the California Summer Firefighter Games – was swimming with a friend at the time of his death. Laffan’s dad, Sean Laffan, was also an Oakland firefighter, who was an assistant Fire Chief who died from a heart attack while on duty in November 2020.
Two North Carolina Firefighters die in ATV crash in West Virginia
The Rowan-Iredell Fire Department is grieving the loss of two firefighters who were killed in an ATV accident while off-duty last weekend. Firefighters Daniel Sell and Jacob Steele were visiting West Virginia at the time of the incident. Sell and Steele were on a side-by-side ATV in southern West Virginia when the pair rolled over a hill and into a creek.
Delaware Firefighter/EMT/Dispatcher Killed In Car Crash
Brian Joseph Moore of Magnolia passed away Wednesday, June 26, 2024. He was 31.
He was a dispatcher for Kent County 911, an EMT at the American Legion Ambulance Service Station 64, and a Firefighter for the Camden Wyoming Fire Company Station 41. Initial reports are that a vehicle crossed the roadway and struck him.
He was a dispatcher for Kent County 911, an EMT at the American Legion Ambulance Service Station 64, and a Firefighter for the Camden Wyoming Fire Company Station 41. Initial reports are that a vehicle crossed the roadway and struck him.
