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Volunteer fire chief and fire fighter killed when a wildland engine plummeted from a fire-damaged wooden bridge into a dry creek bed - Colorado. Fire fighter-emergency medical technician suffers sudden cardiac death during overhaul - New York. Volunteer deputy fire chief dies when struck by motorized water monitor that "launched" off aerial ladder truck - Pennsylvania. A career fire fighter dies and a career engineer is seriously injured investigating smoke resulting from a manhole fire - California.

Two career fire fighters die and captain is burned when trapped during fire suppression operations at a millwork facility - North Carolina. Volunteer fire fighter and trapped resident die and a volunteer lieutenant is injured following a duplex fire - Pennsylvania. Nine fire fighters from a combination department injured in an explosion at a restaurant fire - Colorado.

Fire fighter trainee suffers heart attack during simulated fire suppression exercise - North Carolina. Career fire captain electrocuted after contacting overhead powerline from the platform of an elevating platform fire apparatus - Pennsylvania. Two career fire fighters die following a seven-alarm fire in a high-rise building undergoing simultaneous deconstruction and asbestos abatement - New York. Four career fire fighters injured while providing interior exposure protection at a row house fire - District of Columbia.

After conducting fire suppression duties at a structure fire, captain collapses in incident scene rehabilitation - Kansas. Volunteer lieutenant dies after falling from a bridge while attending to a motor vehicle crash - Arkansas.

Volunteer fire fighter responding to an automatic alarm dies when engine collides with an embankment and tree then overturns - North Carolina.

A volunteer mutual aid captain and fire fighter die in a remodeled residential structure fire - Texas. A career captain and an engineer die while conducting a primary search at a residential structure fire - California. Volunteer fire fighter dies when struck by a bus while working along an interstate highway - Illinois. Fire fighter-technician suffers cardiac death 6 hours after responding to several emergency calls.

After working three consecutive hour shifts and fighting an extensive structure fire, a year old career LT suffers sudden cardiac death during physical fitness training - California. Fire fighter-emergency medical technician suffers sudden cardiac death during physical fitness training - Nevada. Engineer suffers sudden cardiac death after responding to three emergency calls and performing physical fitness training - Arizona.

Nine career fire fighters die in rapid fire progression at commercial furniture showroom - South Carolina. Career fire fighter dies and captain is injured during a civilian rescue attempt at a residential structure fire - Georgia. Volunteer fire fighter suffers sudden cardiac death approximately 18 hours after responding to an incident - Kentucky. Fire fighter suffers a heart attack and dies several hours after assisting at a structure fire - Illinois.

Two career fire fighters seriously injured during swiftwater rescue training at a low-head dam - Ohio. Career probationary fire fighter dies while participating in a live-fire training evolution at an acquired structure - Maryland. Career fire fighter dies when trapped by collapsed canopy during a two alarm attached garage fire - Pennsylvania. Volunteer fire fighter dies after falling through floor supported by engineered wooden-I beams at residential structure fire - Tennessee.

Career fire fighter injured during rapid fire progression in an abandoned structure dies six days later - Georgia. Career fire fighter dies and chief is injured when struck by foot awning that collapses during a commercial building fire - Texas.

Fire fighter suffers sudden cardiac death after responding to a water rescue call - Pennsylvania. Floor collapse at commercial structure fire claims the lives of one career lieutenant and one career fire fighter - New York. Career engineer dies and fire fighter injured after falling through floor while conducting a primary search at a residential structure fire - Wisconsin.

Junior volunteer fire fighter dies and three volunteer fire fighters are injured in a tanker crash - Alabama. Volunteer deputy fire chief dies after falling through floor hole in residential structure during fire attack - Indiana.

Volunteer fire fighter dies after being struck by a shackle on a recoiling tow rope - South Dakota. Career lieutenant suffers sudden cardiac death at his home after finishing his shift - Tennessee. Career airport fire apparatus operator suffers sudden cardiac death at his station after exercising - Georgia.

Fire fighter suffers heart attack during firefighting operation and dies forty days later - Georgia. Fire apparatus operator suffers sudden cardiac death after responding to twelve calls - Georgia. Career captain dies from complications of a drowning incident due to a combination of exhaustion, hypothermia and carbon monoxide poisoning during surf rescue training - Washington. Volunteer fire fighter suffers sudden cardiac death about 50 minutes after fighting a grass fire - Kansas.

Two volunteer fire fighters die when struck by exterior wall collapse at a commercial building fire overhaul - Alabama. Career lieutenant suffers sudden cardiac death at his station after making multiple runs during the day - Tennessee. Career officer injured during a live fire evolution at a training academy dies two days later - Pennsylvania.

Recruit fire fighter suffers heat stroke during physical fitness training and dies nine days later - Florida. Fire chief suffers sudden cardiac death at home after performing apparatus maintenance and conducting training - Texas.

Volunteer fire fighter suffers cardiac death the morning after emergency medical technician training - North Carolina. Reserve fire fighter suffers sudden cardiac death while working on a fuel reduction crew - Arizona.

Captain suffers an acute aortic dissection after responding to two alarms and subsequently dies due to hemopericardium - Pennsylvania. A volunteer fire fighter and volunteer assistant lieutenant die after a smoke explosion at a town house complex - Wyoming. Fire chief suffers sudden cardiac death while returning to the fire station after a structure fire - Georgia.

Lieutenant suffers a heart attack while driving a squad truck and dies four days later - Georgia. Fire equipment operator suffers a heart attack at the scene of a medical call and dies in the hospital thirteen days later - South Carolina. Career lieutenant and career fire fighter die and four career fire fighters are seriously injured during a three alarm apartment fire - New York. One probationary career firefighter dies and four career firefighters are injured at a two - alarm residential structure fire - Texas.

Career fire fighter dies after falling from tailboard and being backed over by engine - California. Fire fighter collapses and dies while assisting with fire suppression efforts at a residential fire - Ohio. Fire fighter suffers sudden cardiac death after repacking a hose load on a fire engine - New Jersey. One part-time fire fighter dies and another is seriously injured when two fire engines collide at an intersection while responding to a fire - Illinois.

Career helitack fire fighter dies in burnover during an initial attack at a wildland fire operation - California. Volunteer chief dies and two fire fighters are injured by a collapsing church facade - Tennessee. Volunteer fire fighter suffers heart attack while battling structure fire and dies 6 days later - New York. Fire fighter collapses and suffers sudden cardiac death after responding to a vehicle fire - Kentucky. Fire fighter-engineer suffers sudden cardiac death while performing strenuous fire station maintenance - California.

Volunteer fire fighter suffers sudden cardiac death during fire suppression at a structural fire - Indiana. Fire fighter suffers unwitnessed sudden cardiac death after responding to mobile home fire - South Carolina. District chief suffers sudden cardiac death at home after experiencing symptoms consistent with heart disease at his station - Illinois. Assistant chief dies after suffering aortic dissection during a fire alarm response - Connecticut. Volunteer fire fighter suffers sudden cardiac death after participating in emergency responses - Maryland.

Career battalion chief and career master fire fighter die and twenty-nine career fire fighters are injured during a five alarm church fire - Pennsylvania.

Career fire fighter dies and two career captains are injured while fighting night club arson fire - Texas. Fire fighters suffers fatal pulmonary embolism after knee surgery for a work-related injury - North Carolina. Career lieutenant killed and fire fighter injured by gunfire while responding to medical assistance call - Kentucky. Fire fighter-paramedic suffers sudden cardiac death while performing physical fitness training - Washington.

Career fire fighter dies of carbon monoxide poisoning after becoming lost while searching for the seat of a fire in warehouse - New York.

Live-fire exercise in mobile flashover training simulator injures five career fire fighters - Maine. Fire fighter dies after performing ventilation at a fire in a two-story dwelling - Pennsylvania.

Fire fighter suffers a heart attack after responding to a rubbish fire at a two-story apartment building - New York. Two fire fighters die and eight fire fighters are injured from a silo explosion at a lumber company - Ohio. Lieutenant suffers sudden cardiac death after performing forcible entry requiring heavy physical exertion - Georgia. One volunteer lieutenant dies and a volunteer fire fighter is seriously injured in a motor vehicle rollover incident while en-route to a trailer fire - North Carolina.

Fire fighter suffers heart attack at the scene of a structure fire and dies two months later - Indiana. Live-fire training exercise claims the life of one recruit fire fighter and injures four others - Florida. Fire captain suffers sudden cardiac death during a live-fire training exercise - North Carolina. Volunteer fire fighter suffers sudden cardiac death after completing emergency medical technician EMT written examination - Texas. Junior volunteer fire fighter is killed while responding to a brush fire with an intoxicated driver - Wyoming.

Volunteer fire fighter killed after his privately owned vehicle hydroplaned and struck a billboard signpost - Kentucky. Partial roof collapse in commercial structure fire claims the lives of two career fire fighters - Tennessee.

Volunteer fire police captain dies from injury-related complications after being struck by motor vehicle while directing traffic - New Jersey. Volunteer captain killed in fire apparatus crash while responding to a training exercise - Oregon.

Volunteer fire fighter killed while walking across an Interstate highway responding to a motor vehicle incident - Texas. Career fire fighter dies and two career fire fighters injured in a flashover during a house fire - Ohio. Sudden cardiac death due to myocardial sarcoidosis claims the life of an on-duty fire fighter - Connecticut. Career firefighter dies from injuries received during a chimney and structural collapse after a house fire - Pennsylvania.

Volunteer fire fighter dies following nitrous oxide cylinder explosion while fighting a commercial structure fire - Texas. Structural collapse at an auto parts store fire claims the lives of one career lieutenant and two volunteer fire fighters - Oregon. Volunteer lieutenant dies following structure collapse at residential house fire - Pennsylvania. Initial details of the fire as well as fireground audio and the press conference indicate that the pair went inside with the intention of locating and rescuing anyone who may still be inside.

First Floor into Basement: 2. There were three fatalities listed under Search for None of them involved the victim being killed inside a burning structure. Out of these 96 deaths, six were directly involved in structural fireground operations attack, search, ventilation and five were killed while inside a burning structure. Just like , where there was only one firefighter death inside a burning structure, the fire service has experienced another record low in subcategories, despite the whole total being higher than the previous year.

The information presented is not meant to distract from the emotional toll felt by the families and coworkers. It is instead meant to remind us to look greater at the record of fatalities and in comparison, to previous years as well as be a measure of substance when used in discussions.

It is always important to reiterate that the discussion of the details in the reporting of these deaths is not meant to diminish the loss. Each number is a person mourned by a family, friends, and coworkers. In recognizing the sacrifice of fallen firefighters, this section will serve as a constant memorial to those who have given their lives protecting and ensuring the safety of the communities they serve.

The significance of their contributions cannot be minimized, and while they will be dearly missed, their legacy lives on in the spirit of those who continue to serve. For more information on how to honor the memory of a lost firefighter, visit the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation at www. Kayla Bradley — [Powell, Wyoming].

Larry Wyant — [Yuma, Colorado]. Darcy Stallings — [Yuma, Colorado]. Nicholas Prioli — [Jackson, New Jersey]. Mark Gillam — [Elwood, Indiana]. Michael Pickering — [Chicago, Illinois]. Kelly William Frye — [Cumberland, Maryland]. Frank D. Duff, Jr. Jon Delvalle — [Garden Valley, Idaho].

Anthony Palato — [Centennial, Colorado]. Jeffrey C.



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