USFA LODD: Connecticut Firefighter On-Duty Death Notification 01.19.2020

On Sunday, January 19, 2020, Fire Marshal Timothy P. Smith, 59, was returning home after responding to a house fire in Orange, CT.  His vehicle left the road and hit a tree.  Fire Marshal Smith died instantly from the injuries he sustained in the accident.

Our condolences to the Smith Family & Friends, Orange, CT Fire Marshal's Office, and to all affected by Fire Marshal Timothy P. Smith's passing.

   

To date, 07 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: Connecticut Firefighter On-Duty Death Notification 03.27.2019

Firefighter/Paramedic James “Woody” Woodman, 55, was a member of Recruit Class #15 at the Connecticut State Fire Academy. Only two days after being out of the academy, on October 5, 1999, Firefighter/Paramedic Woodman was part of an ambulance crew transporting a child who had been struck by a vehicle to the Yale-New Haven Hospital. As they neared the hospital, the ambulance was broadsided by a bus and rolled over multiple times. Firefighter/Paramedic Woodman sustained a traumatic brain injury that resulted in his living in a long-term care facility until his death on March 29, 2019. The child who was being transported and other crew members of the ambulance were seriously injured but have all made complete recoveries.

  

Our condolences to the Woodman Family & Friends, West Haven Fire Department, and to all affected by Firefighter/Paramedic James “Woody” Woodman’s passing.     

   

To date, 10 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: Connecticut Chief Driver On-Duty Death Notification 02.07.2016

On February 7, 2016 at 1112hrs, Chief Driver James J. Butler Jr, 50, upon returning to the fire house from responding to a fire alarm activation with his fire company, Chief Driver Butler complained to fellow firefighters that he did not feel well. While at his residence several hours later, James J. Butler, Jr. succumbed to a nature and cause of illness still to be determined.
  
Our condolences to the Butler Family & Friends, Derby Fire Department - Paugassett Hook & Ladder Company #4 and to all affected by Chief Driver James J. Butler Jr’s passing.
  
To date, 9 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.)