Assistant Chief Tommy Lee Kill Devil Hills Fire Department Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina On Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, Assistant Chief Tommy Lee was participating in departmental physical fitness training. After the training, he returned home. At approximately 4:00 p.m., Assistant Chief Lee was found unresponsive on the garage floor. 9-1-1 was immediately called. […]
BURNSVILLE, Minn. February 18 2024— Two police officers and a paramedic were killed in Burnsville Sunday morning, according to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Walz said other officers were also injured. Dakota County dispatch said earlier authorities were responding to an “incident with weapons” in the area. County dispatch provided few other details, but there was […]
Assistant Chief Joseph Back Whitesburg Fire Department Whitesburg, Kentucky On Friday, Oct. 27, 2023, Assistant Chief Joseph Back responded to the scene of a medical emergency at a residence. While at the scene, he suffered a massive heart attack. He was immediately transported to the local hospital where he remained in a coma until his […]
Line of Duty Death Firefighter Regina Huffman Coon Creek Fire & Rescue Wooten, Kentucky On Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023, firefighters responded to an ATV accident with two people seriously injured. Helicopters were summoned for transport. As the apparatus Firefighter Huffman was riding in left the scene to go to the landing zone, it slipped off […]
Baltimore MD October 21, 2023 A rapidly intensifying blaze that engulfed multiple rowhouses in northwest Baltimore late Thursday afternoon left one firefighter dead and four others injured, city officials said. The injured firefighters sustained varying degrees of burns and are receiving medical treatment, officials said at a news conference Thursday night outside Baltimore’s Shock Trauma Center […]
October 19, 2023 Chief Timothy “TJ” M. Johnson Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department Warren, Pennsylvania On Monday, Oct. 16, 2023, Chief Timothy “TJ” M. Johnson responded to an EMS call at a residence. Upon returning to the station approximately an hour later, he complained of indigestion and an upset stomach. Chief Johnson went home and less […]
Firefighter Mia Regina Ethridge Louisa County Department of Fire and EMS Louisa, Virginia On Sunday, July 9, 2023, Firefighter Mia Regina Ethridge was responding to a residential structure fire when the fire apparatus she was driving ran off the road in the rain and hit a tree. She was ejected from the vehicle. Firefighter Ethridge […]
Memphis Fire Department Lieutenant Jeffrey Norman Memphis, Tennessee On Tuesday, July 18, 2023, members of the Memphis Fire Department responded to a residential fire. While fighting the fire, 4 firefighters became trapped. The firefighters were rescued and immediately transported to the hospital. In the early morning hours of Wednesday, July 19, 2023, Lieutenant Jeffrey Norman […]
Birmingham AL July 19, 2023 One of two Birmingham firefighters shot last week at a fire station in the city’s Norwood community has died. Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service Firefighter Jordan Melton was pronounced dead at 6:06 p.m. Monday. He was 29 and had only been a firefighter for several weeks. “Birmingham Fire and Rescue […]
LINE OF DUTY DEATH Firefighter Recruit Ian T. Strickler Frederick County, VA Fire & Rescue Winchester, Virginia Firefighter Recruit Ian T. Strickler was part of the Frederick County, VA Fire & Rescue Recruit Class #14 that started on Monday, July 3, 2023. On Wednesday, July 5, 2023, while attending physical fitness training, he suffered a […]