USFA LODD: Tennessee Firefighter On-Duty Death Notification 01.17.2018

On January 17, 2018 Firefighter Derrick Ryan Webb, 31, fell ill while preparing a training drill at the fire station. Firefighter Webb was found unresponsive in the apparatus bay beside his turn-out gear and SCBA. The PASS device on the SCBA was still sounding. CPR was initiated but Firefighter Webb was pronounced deceased at the hospital from a nature and cause of fatal injury still to be reported.

Our condolences to the Webb Family & Friends, Hardy’s Chapel Volunteer Fire Department, and to all affected by Firefighter Derrick Ryan Webb’s passing.  

To date, 04 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.)