USFA LODD: Louisiana Firefighter On-Duty Death Notification 03.16.2018

While on-duty at the fire station, Firefighter-Operator Allen Headley, 31, was found unresponsive in the fire station day room. Firefighter-Operator Headly was treated by fellow responders and transported to the hospital but succumbed to a nature and cause of fatal injury still to be determined.

Our condolences to the Headley Family & Friends, Plaquemines Parish Fire District # 2, and to all affected by Firefighter-Operator Allen Headley's passing.

To date, 13 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: Louisiana Firefighter On-Duty Death Notification 01.17.2018

On January 17, 2018 While at the scene of a motor vehicle collision involving a tractor-trailer that had run off the side of a highway due to icy conditions, the driver of a second vehicle, a pickup truck pulling a trailer, lost control and crashed into the scene. Several people were struck and injured, including Deputy Fire Chief Russell Achord, 48, who was pinned under a vehicle. Fellow responders rushed to extract Deputy Fire Chief Achord and provided medical aid measures while he was transported to the West Feliciana Hospital where he died from his injuries.

Our condolences to the Achord Family & Friends, West Feliciana Parish Fire Protection District #1, and to all affected by Deputy Fire Chief Russell Achord’s passing. 

To date, 03 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: Louisiana Firefighter On-Duty Death Notification 07.06.2017

On July 6, 2017 Firefighter Ronda Sylvest Varnado, 54, was driving a fully loaded water truck responding to the scene of a residential fire in the Mt. Hermon area. Near the intersection of Mt. Pisgah Road and Burch Road, the truck left the roadway and tipped over, sliding several yards before striking an embankment.  At that point, the water tank came loose and crashed into the truck cab, causing the death of Firefighter Varnado. Investigation of the crash continues by the Washington Parish Sheriff’s Office.

Our condolences to the Varnado Family & Friends, Washington Parish Fire Protection District #2, and to all affected by Firefighter Ronda Sylvest Varnado’s passing.

  

To date, 52 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: Louisiana Firefighter On-Duty Death Notification 08.28.2016

On August 28, 2016, while working at the scene of a single vehicle accident on Westbound Interstate 10, District Fire Chief Spencer J. Chauvin, 36, was struck and killed by a charter bus that crashed into the accident scene. A passenger in a vehicle at the scene was also killed and many others were injured including two firefighters who received non-life threatening injuries in the incident. 

  

Our condolences to the Chauvin Family & Friends, St. John the Baptist Parish Office of Fire Services, and to all affected by District Fire Chief Spencer J. Chauvin's passing.     

  

To date, 54 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 – Louisiana Fire Captain Notification 10.24.2014

On October 24, 2014 Fire Captain Troy Magee, 39, passed away from a nature and cause of injury still to be determined while on a fire department training assignment in New Mexico.

Our condolences to the Magee Family & Friends, the New Orleans Fire Department, and to all affected by Fire Captain Troy Magee’s passing.   

To date, 70 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.) 

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USFA LODD – Louisiana Fire Chief Fatalities Notification 07.21.2014

Fire Chief Billy Glen Norris, Sr., 62, on July 21, 2014 at 0200hrs,  responded to a medical emergency response call with members of his fire department in the early morning hours.  Upon completion of the run, Chief Norris complained to fellow firefighters of not feeling well with some pain in one of his shoulders and then left the station for home. A short time later Fire Chief Billy Glen Norris, Sr., suffered a heart attack and was transported to Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital in Alexandria where he succumbed to his injury. 

   
Our condolences to the Norris Family & Friends, the Lecompte Volunteer Fire Department, and to all affected by Fire Chief Bill Glen Norris Sr.'s passing.
   
To date, 53 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.)  

USFA LODD – Louisiana Fire Captain Fatalities Notification 06.30.2014

After departing the scene of a residential structure fire, Captain Robert Thomas, 52, on June 30, 2015 at 2200hrs, lost control of the fire apparatus he was operating on Louisiana Highway 155 and crashed into a ditch. The vehicle overturned ejecting Captain Thomas, who was not wearing seat restraints, and pinning him underneath. Firefighter Thomas was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Bienville Parish Coroner's Office. The cause of the accident is still under investigation by local and state authorities.

   

Our condolences to the Thomas Family & Friends, the Bienville Parish Fire Protection District 7 and to all affected by Fire Captain Robert Thomas's passing.  

     
To date, 47 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.)