USFA LODD: California Firefighter On-Duty Death Notification 08.21.2016

On  August 21, 2016 Engine Operator Ian Howard, 36, was assigned to Engine 16 from the Beckwourth Ranger District of the Plumas National Forest and prepositioned for firefighting at the Paskenta Work Center on the Mendocino National Forest. Engine Operator Ian Howard was stationed overnight in Corning, California, where he was found in the morning deceased from a nature and cause of fatal injury are still to be reported.

  

Our condolences to the Howard Family & Friends, USFS Plumas National Forest - Beckwourth Ranger District, and to all affected by Engine Operator Ian Howard’s passing.      

  

To date, 58 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2016. Year-to-date monthly and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online at U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) Fatality Notices page. 

(The usual disclaimers: I am not a journalist; This is a blog that expresses an outlook and is not conclusive in any shape or manner.) 

USFA LODD: Two Michigan Firefighters On-Duty Death Notification 08.27.2016

On  August 27, 2016 Firefighter James Shelifoe, Jr., 23, and FirefighterAlan Swartz, 25, were killed when the fire apparatus (crew vehicle) they were riding in on Interstate 35W near Blaine, Minnesota, crashed into the median barrier and rolled a number of times. Several other firefighters riding in the truck were seriously injured and transported to the hospital. The firefighters, members of the Beartown Fire Department’s Type 2 wildland handcrew, were on their way to work the Box Canyon Fire in Utah when the crash occurred. The fatal incident remains under investigation by authorities.

  

Our condolences to the Shelifoe Family, the Swartz Family, & Friends, the Beartown Fire Department - Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, and to all affected by Firefighter James Shelifoe's and FirefighterAlan Swartz's passing.     

  

To date, 56 and 57 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2016. Year-to-date monthly and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online at U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) Fatality Notices page. 

(The usual disclaimers: I am not a journalist; This is a blog that expresses an outlook and is not conclusive in any shape or manner.) 

USFA LODD: New York Firefighter On-Duty Death Notification 08.27.2016

On August 27th at 0935hrs, Firefighter Keith Lane, 53, responded with the Oceanside Fire Department to the scene of a motor vehicle accident. Later that evening at 2110hrs, emergency dispatch received a call from Firefighter Lane's daughter stating that Firefighter Lane was on the floor in his house and was unresponsive. Ambulance 242A responded along with other personnel and determined that Firefighter Keith Lane had passed away some hours earlier of an apparent heart attack.

  

Our condolences to the Lane Family & Friends, Oceanside Fire Department, and to all affected by Firefighter Keith Lane's passing.     

  

To date, 55 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2016. Year-to-date monthly and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online at U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) Fatality Notices page. 

(The usual disclaimers: I am not a journalist; This is a blog that expresses an outlook and is not conclusive in any shape or manner.) 

USFA LODD: Louisiana Firefighter On-Duty Death Notification 08.28.2016

On August 28, 2016, while working at the scene of a single vehicle accident on Westbound Interstate 10, District Fire Chief Spencer J. Chauvin, 36, was struck and killed by a charter bus that crashed into the accident scene. A passenger in a vehicle at the scene was also killed and many others were injured including two firefighters who received non-life threatening injuries in the incident. 

  

Our condolences to the Chauvin Family & Friends, St. John the Baptist Parish Office of Fire Services, and to all affected by District Fire Chief Spencer J. Chauvin's passing.     

  

To date, 54 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2016. Year-to-date monthly and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online at U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) Fatality Notices page. 

(The usual disclaimers: I am not a journalist; This is a blog that expresses an outlook and is not conclusive in any shape or manner.) 

USFA LODD: Missouri Firefighter On-Duty Death Notification 08.24.2016

On  August 24, 2016 at 1737hrs, Assistant Fire Chief Todd L. Hartlein, 49, suffered a fatal medical emergency shortly after responding to a vehicle crash.

  

Our condolences to the Hartlein Family & Friends, Matthews Volunteer Fire Department, and to all affected by Assistant Fire Chief Todd L. Hartlein's passing.     

  

To date, 53 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2016. Year-to-date monthly and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online at U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) Fatality Notices page. 

(The usual disclaimers: I am not a journalist; This is a blog that expresses an outlook and is not conclusive in any shape or manner.) 

USFA LODD: Montana Firefighter On-Duty Death Notification 08.13.2016

Firefighter Justin Beebe, 26, a Lolo Interagency Hotshot crew member, on August 13, 2016 succumbed to injuries after being struck by a dead tree during firefighting efforts on the Strawberry Fire at Great Basin National Park in Nevada.

  

Our condolences to the Beebe Family & Friends, United States Forest Service – Lolo National Forest, and to all affected by Firefighter Justin Beebe's passing.     

  

To date, 52 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2016. Year-to-date monthly and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online at U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) Fatality Notices page. 

(The usual disclaimers: I am not a journalist; This is a blog that expresses an outlook and is not conclusive in any shape or manner.) 

USFA LODD: New Jersey Firefighter On-Duty Death Notification 08.10.2016

On August 10, 2016 the Audubon Fire Department was dispatched to a motor vehicle accident with a utility pole and wires down.  Safety Officer Paul Price, Sr., 63,  was one of the personnel who answered the alarm by responding to the fire station.  One apparatus responded prior to Price arriving at the station.  The responding apparatus and personnel mitigated the incident. Safety Officer Price remained at the fire station while the call was ongoing.  Upon the return of the apparatus to the fire station, Price assisted the personnel with placing the apparatus back into service.  He then left the station and later that evening attended a town Emergency Management meeting.  Safety Officer Price returned home later that night and was discovered the following morning by a family member already deceased due to a likely cardiac event.  EMS responded for the pronouncement, as no life-saving measures were warranted. Safety Officer Price was a former Assistant Fire Chief with Audubon Fire Department and a retired Deputy Fire Chief with the Camden City Fire Department.

  

Our condolences to the Price Family & Friends, Audubon Fire Department, and to all affected by Safety Officer Paul Price, Sr’s passing.     

  

To date, 51 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2016. Year-to-date monthly and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online at U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) Fatality Notices page. 

(The usual disclaimers: I am not a journalist; This is a blog that expresses an outlook and is not conclusive in any shape or manner.)