USFA LODD: Michigan Firefighter On-Duty Death Notification 09.22.2018

On Septeber 22, 2018 Firefighter Robert James Phillips II, 62, responded to two emergency incidents, the last one being a motor vehicle accident at approximately 11:30 a.m.  On September 23, at approximately 6:30 a.m., Firefighter Phillips was found unresponsive by his wife at his residence. She called 911 and the Memphis Fire Department responded, but Robert James Phillips II was pronounced dead at the scene. The nature and cause of fatal injury are still to be reported.
   
Our condolences to the Phillips Family & Friends, Memphis Fire Department, and to all affected by Firefighter Robert James Phillips' II passing. 

To date, 69 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: Tennessee Fire Lieutenant On-Duty Death Notification 04.17.2016

While operating at the scene of a residential structure fire on April 16, 2016 at 2334hrs, Lieutenant Rodney Eddins, 57, collapsed from a nature of fatal injury still to be determined. Fellow firefighters removed Lieutenant Eddins from the structure and rushed him to Methodist South Hospital in critical condition where he succumbed to his injury on April 17, 2017. Fire crews determined the blaze started from a malfunctioning portable fan in the bedroom. There was not a working smoke alarm in the house, but two adults and four children at the home were uninjured.

      

Our condolences to the Eddins Family & Friends, Memphis Fire Department, and to all affected by Lieutenant Rodney Eddins’ passing.

    

To date, 21 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.) 

USAF LODD: Tennessee Fire Lieutenant On-Duty Death Notification 10.07.2015

On October 6, 2015 at 1900hrs., Fire Lieutenant Antonio Smith, 46, fewer then 24 hours after responding to an emergency call with the Memphis Fire Department, was found deceased near his residence inside his personal vehicle. The nature and cause of Lieutenant Smith's fatal injury are still to be reported.
       
Our condolences to the Smith Family & Friends, Memphis Fire Department, and to all affected by Fire Lieutenant Antonio Smith’s passing.

To date, 68 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: Tennessee Fire Lieutenant On-Duty Death Notification 05.25.2015

Fire Lieutenant Terrance Morgan Pryor, 48, on May 25, 2015 several hours after responding to the last emergency call of his shift, Lieutenant Pryor became ill and passed away at his residence. The nature and cause of fatal injury is still to be reported.

      

Our condolences to the Pryor Family & Friends, Memphis Fire Department, and to all affected by Fire Lieutenant Terrance Morgan Pryor’s passing.

   

To date, 38 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.) 

Texas Firefighter/Fire Marshal On-Duty Death

Firefighter/Fire Marshal Matt Waller, 47, of the Memphis Fire Department, Memphis, Texas on February 25, 2012, at 13:30 hrs., passed away from a stroke he suffered while on-duty at the fire station.

Matt has worked for the Memphis Fire Department, for 29 years and has been the Fire Marshal for the Memphis, Texas the last 15 years.

Our condolences to the Waller Family & Friends, the Memphis Fire Department, and to all affected by the Firefighter/Fire Marshal Matt Waller's passing.

Funeral Arrangements for Matt Waller by Hughs Funeral Home of Memphis

To date, 13 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2012. Year-to-date 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.)