USFA LODD: Kansas Firefighter On-Duty Death Notification 11.21.2020

 

While on-duty, Captain Robert “Bobby” Rocha, 59, contracted COVID-19 from a patient with a known case of COVID-19. He was hospitalized on November 12, 2020 and passed away from the virus on November 21, 2020. 

Our condolences to the Rocha Family & Friends, Kansas City, MO Fire Department Fire Department , and to all affected by Captain Robert “Bobby” Rocha's passing.    

To date, 80 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: Kansas Firefighter On-Duty Death Notification 11.08.2020

On Sunday, November 8, 2020, Firefighter Johnny Ivison, Jr., 23, was responding to a call of a residential fire in Easton, Kansas, in his privately owned vehicle, a Chevrolet Silverado Truck, when the vehicle went off the road. Firefighter Ivison attempted to correct his path, but overcorrected causing the truck to roll over numerous times, ejecting him from the vehicle. He died from the injuries sustained in the crash.

Our condolences to the Ivison Family & Friends, Easton Township Fire Department , and to all affected by Firefighter Johnny Ivison, Jr.'s passing.    

To date, 75 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: Kansas Firefighter On-Duty Death Notification 01.02.2018

At 0450hrs, January 1, 2018, the Wamego Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire. Upon completion of the call and after returning to the station, Firefighter John Randle, 67, sustained a life threatening injury from a fall while returning fire apparatus to service. Firefighter Randle, was air lifted from Wamego Health Center to Stormont Vail Hospital where on January 2, 2018, Firefighter Randle succumbed to his injuries.

Our condolences to the Randle Family & Friends, Wamego City Fire Department, and to all affected by Firefighter John Randle’s passing. 

To date, 01 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2018. 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: Kansas Firefighter On-Duty Death Notification 12.26.2017

On December 26, 2017 fellow responders discovered Firefighter-Paramedic Jason Garrett, 46, deceased in the firehouse bunkroom when he did not appear for a morning response call. The nature and cause of fatal injury are still to be determined by authorities.

Our condolences to the Garrett Family & Friends, Kansas City Kansas Fire Department, and to all affected by Firefighter-Paramedic Jason Garrett’s passing.

To date, 92 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2017. 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: Kansas Firefighter On-Duty Death Notification 07.27.2016

Captain Michael Lee Schultz, 47, was killed on July 27, 2016 when the tanker he was operating lost a front tire and crashed off of the roadway, rolling over several times. A second firefighter was transported to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The pair of firefighters were on their way to a county fair parade when the fatal crash occurred.

  

Our condolences to the Schultz Family & Friends, Hoyt Rural Fire District #3, and to all affected by Captain Michael Lee Schultz’s passing.    

  

To date, 49 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: Kansas Assistant Fire Chief On-Duty Death Notification 02.14.2016

Assistant Fire Chief Daniel F. Cool, 71,  responded to an emergency incident on the morning of February 11, 2016 at 2020hrs.  Later that day, he attended a training meeting and collapsed suddenly from a heart attack.  Chief Cool was admitted to St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, KS, where he succumbed to his injury early in the morning of February 14, 2016.

      

Our condolences to the Cool Family & Friends, Jefferson County Fire Department #1 - Kaw, Kansas, and to all affected by Assistant Fire Chief Daniel F. Cool’s passing.
  
To date, 11 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: Kansas Training Officer/Firefighter On-Duty Death Notification 04.27.2015

On April 27, 2015 at 1900hrs, while putting on gear at the station preparing to respond to a fire call, Training Officer/Firefighter Mike Corn, 68 collapsed. Fellow responders immediately provided medical assistance but Firefighter Corn succumbed to his injury, the nature and cause of which is still to be determined.

Our condolences to the Corn Family & Friends, the Conway Springs Fire Department, and to all affected by Training Officer/Firefighter Mike Corn’s passing.

To date, 28 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: Kansas Firefighter On-Duty Death Notification 01.29.2015

Firefighter Clifford “Cliff” Sanders, 55, on January 28, 2015 at 1537hrs, became ill and collapsed at the firehouse while responding to a grass fire call. Firefighter Sanders was treated immediately at the station by fellow responders and transported to Jane Phillips Hospital in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and then on to St. Johns Hospital in Tulsa where he died January 29th from a stroke.

  

Our condolences to the Clifford Family & Friends, the Carney Volunteer Fire Department, and to all affected by Firefighter Clifford "Cliff" Sanders' passing.

To date, 04 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.)