USFA LODD: Colorado Firefighter On-Duty Death Notification 09.22.2020

Ricky Fulton died in a plane crash while help battling a wildfire. Now, he is being remembered as a "kitten whisperer."

On September 22, 2020, Firefighter/Pilot Ricky Fulton, 58, died after his single-engine air tanker crashed while he was fighting the Schill Fire near Emmett, Idaho. The crash occurred under unknown circumstances and remains under investigation. The aircraft that Firefighter/Pilot Fulton was flying, T-857, was owned by Aero S.E.A.T. Incorporated and was on an on-call contract with BLM Fire and Aviation at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise. The Schill Fire started the afternoon of September 22, 2020, in brush and steep terrain. It was contained later that night after it burned about 30 acres. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. 

Our condolences to the Fulton Family & Friends, Aero S.E.A.T. Incorporated, and to all affected by Firefighter/Pilot Ricky Fulton's passing.

To date, 68 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2020. 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: Colorado Firefighter On-Duty Death Notification 04.17.2020

On March 25, 2016, Fire Investigator Joshua MacDonald, 34, responded to a residential fire where he performed EMS care on an occupant of the home.  Later, he returned to investigate the scene of the fire, when he fell through the floor and his leg got caught in electrical wiring.  Since that time, he had undergone numerous surgeries, to include the amputation of his leg.  Fire Investigator Joshua MacDonald passed away on April 17, 2020.

  

Our condolences to MacDonald Family & Friends, Berthoud Fire Protection District, and to all affected by Fire Investigator Joshua MacDonald's passing.

   

To date, 39 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2020. 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: Colorado Firefighter On-Duty Death Notification 12.07.2019

On Saturday, December 7, 2019, at approximately 0200hrs., Firefighter Kenneth Jones, 46, responded to a multi-residential structure fire.  Firefighter Jones had climbed to the roof of the five-story building in search of access to the fire when he fell off of the structure.  Firefighter Kenneth Jones was immediately transported to the hospital where he passed away.

Our condolences to the Jones Family & Friends, Summit Fire & EMS Authority, and to all affected by Firefighter Kenneth Jones‘s passing.

   

To date, 55 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2019. 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: Colorado Firefighter On-Duty Death Notification 10.29.2016

On  October 29, Firefighter/Paramedic Jermaine Frye, 31, on the day after being released from the hospital for treatment of a work-related injury he sustained during training on October 25, 12016, Firefighter/Paramedic Jermaine Frye was found at his home in cardiac arrest. According to the fire department, Wescott Fire Protection District responders tried unsuccessfully to revive Firefighter/Paramedic Jermaine Frye, but he succumbed to a nature and cause of fatal injury still to be determined.

  

Our condolences to the Frye Family & Friends, the Cimarron Hills Fire Department, and to all affected by Firefighter/Paramedic Jermaine Frye’s passing.      

  

To date, 70 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: Colorado Fire Engineer On-Duty Death Notification 07.15.2015

On June 28, 2015 at 1945 hrs, while checking for extension from a dumpster fire, Fire Engineer John Whelan, 46, was critically injured when a skylight collapsed and he fell through the roof of an abandoned building at 3860 Blake Street. Fire Engineer John Whelan was treated at the scene and transported to the hospital for medical care including several surgeries. On July 15, 2015 several days after being released from the hospital to recover at home, Fire Engineer John Whelan was taken to St. Anthony North Health Campus with shortness of breath where, less than an hour later, he passed away from medical complications.

  

Our condolences to the Whelan Family & Friends, Denver Fire Department, and to all affected by Fire Engineer John Whelan’s passing.

  

To date, 47 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2015. 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 – Colorado Firefighter Fatalities Notification 07.09.2014

Firefighter Richard L. Marchman, 46, on July 9, 2014 at 1200hrs, collapsed and died from an apparent heart attack in the Brainard Lake Recreational Area while hiking back out to the Blue Lake/Mitchell Lake Trailhead parking lot after he and fellow responders helped rescue an injured hiker and move her to a suitable location for transport by a Flight for Life helicopter to the Good Samaritan Hospital.

Our condolences to the Marchman Family & Friends, the Indian Peaks Fire Protection District, and to all affected by Firefighter Richard L. Marchman's passing.

To date, 51 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2014. 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.)