USFA LODD: Idaho Firefighter On-Duty Death Notification 05.21.2019

Senior Firefighter/Driver Engineer Charles Alan Ruffing, 53, on May 21, 2019, who had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, was found deceased in Boise Fire Department Station 6 as a result of a suicide.

Our condolences to the Ruffing Family & Friends, and to all affected by Firefighter Charles Alan Ruffing’s passing. 

   

To date, 19 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: Delaware Firefighter On-Duty Death Notification 12.01.2016

After spending more than two months in the hospital fighting her injuries, The Wilmington Fire Department has reported the death of a third firefighter, Senior Firefighter Ardythe “Ardy” Hope, 48, injured while trying to rescue her fellow firefighters who were trapped after a floor collapsed in a brick row home fire on September, 24th.
   

Wilmington firefighters Lieutenant Christopher M. Leach, 41, and Senior Firefighter Jerry W. Fickes, 51, were also killed in the fire and Firefighter Brad Speakman, who has since been released from the hospital, was seriously injured.
  
The family in the home at the time of the fire, including six children, managed to escape through the back of the residence. One of those residents, Beatrice Fana-Ruiz, the daughter of the homeowner, has been charged with arson and murder for intentionally setting the fire.

 

Our condolences to the Hope Family & Friends, Wilmington Fire Department, and to all affected by Senior Firefighter Ardythe “Ardy” Hope’s passing.

  

To date, 79 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2016. Yea-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.) 

Missouri Firefighter On-Duty Death

Senior Firefighter/Engineer/Paramedic Douglas "Doug" Haase, SR., 60, of the St. Charles Fire Department on February 1, 2012 passed away while on duty.

The 27-year-veteran St. Charles firefighter apparantly died of natural causes according to news sources while on duty Feb. 1 at the St. Charles Fire Station No. 2, 1550 South Main Street in St. Charles, Missouri.

Douglas "Doug" Haase, of Troy, MO, went to bed late after running a call Tuesday night, and his shift was supposed to end at 7:30, Wednesday morning, said fire department spokesman Dan Casey. When Haase didn't come down in the morning or turn off his alarm, the firefighters found him, Casey said. His fellow firefighters found him slumped in his bed shortly before 7 a.m. .

Haase was a firefighter engineer and paramedic for the city of St. Charles and had served in the Lincoln County Fire Protection District from 1980 and 1995. He was chief of Lincoln County Fire Protection District from 1982 to 1984.

Funeral Arrangements:

Provided courtesy of http://www.mofirefuneral.org/:

Visitation is Sunday, February 5, 2012, from 2pm to 8pm. Firefighter walk through at 730pm. McCoy-Blossom Funeral Home, 1304 Boone Street, Troy, MO 63379

Funeral services are Monday, February 6, 2012, at 11am, also located at McCoy-Blossom Funeral Home, 1304 Boone Street, Troy, MO 63379

St. Charles firefighter dies of apparent natural causes at firehouse

(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.)