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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.
A public memorial was held on November 5, 2006, at the San Manuel Amphitheater in Devore, CA for the five fallen firefighters. [10] The community (worldwide) donated over $1.3 Million to the Central County United Way and nearly $400,000 to the Wildland Firefighter Foundation in support of the families of the fallen firefighters.
He also received the Saluda County Fire Service’s Firefighter of the Year in 2017. Chief Chad Satcher, 53, a fire chief with the Saluda County Fire Service. He was killed on Sept. 27, 2024 while ...
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A lieutenant with the Fort Worth Fire Department died Saturday after being in a motorcycle accident while off-duty, fire officials announced on social media.. Lieutenant Garey Pugh, 56, served the ...
The firefighter was responding to a field fire when the vehicle he was driving in was side-swiped by another responding firetruck.
Barrett was killed in a vehicle accident whilst en route to a fire inspection. [16] Robert Bell: 29: Kent Fire and Rescue Service: W: 8 November 1974: Bell and another firefighter, David Holley, were investigating smoke in a building full of latex mattresses on HMS Pembroke in Chatham Dockyard. It was believed that a flashover occurred and ...
The Chenango County Sheriff's Office identified the victim as Raymond L. Smith, of Oxford. The crash occurred around 7 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of county Route 35 and state Highway 220 ...