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Below is a list of the deadliest firefighter disasters in the United States, in which more than five firefighters died. "Firefighter" is defined as a professional trained to fight fires. Hence the 1933 Griffith Park fire is excluded, as it killed 29 untrained civilians.
Peter James Ganci Jr. (October 27, 1946 – September 11, 2001) was a career firefighter in the New York City Fire Department killed in the September 11 attacks.At the time of the attacks, he held the rank of Chief of Department, the highest ranking uniformed fire officer in the department.
Conn and three other firefighters, died at a warehouse fire in Gallowgate, Glasgow. It was three days before colleagues could recover their bodies. [34] [35] William Crocket: Glasgow Fire Service: W: 28 March 1960: See listing under James Allan. [8] Alastair Crofts: 31: Glasgow Fire Service: W: 25 August 1972: See Iain Bermingham [19] [20 ...
The New York City Fire Department (FDNY) on Wednesday added 43 names of firefighters who died from 9/11-related illnesses to the department’s World Trade Center Memorial Wall ahead of next week ...
[4] [5] On the morning of December 29, 1995 the roof of a building in which he was fighting a fire collapsed, pinning him down and starving his brain of oxygen for over six minutes. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] He was rescued from the collapsed structure, but had a cardiac arrest and was taken to a hospital where he lapsed into a coma.
Darrell Helton, 49, was a firefighter with the Belfry Volunteer Fire Department. He died of a heart attack while shuttling water to a structure fire, according to an incident report from ...
Saluda volunteer firefighters Chad Satcher and Landon Bodie died responding to a structure fire on Beulah Road when their vehicle was hit by a tree as Hurricane Helene tore through South Carolina ...
The National Firefighters Memorial was moved from its original site in Old Change Court, the plinth was elevated by a little over 1 m, and the names of all those killed in peacetime were added. The Princess Royal, patron of the Firefighters' Memorial Charitable Trust, attended a service and ceremony of re-dedication on 16 September 2003. A ...