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Inmate firefighter thought to have died of natural causes

January 13, 2012

SAN LUIS OBISBO, Calif. -- Just over a week ago, on Wednesday January 4, a California inmate firefighter, Crisanto Leo Lionell, died a natural and unforeseeable death at the age of 54 during his daily training ...

Jasper County, Texas firefighter killed in car accident

John M. Guilfoil

August 29, 2011

DALLAS -- A Texas firefighter was killed in a car accident Sunday. Angelina River Volunteer Firefighter Anthony Quinten Meyers, 38, was working a Jasper County wildfire when the ATV he was riding in was st...

Dallas firefighter, 35, dies on duty

John M. Guilfoil

June 23, 2011

DALLAS -- A 35-year-old city firefighter died Thursday morning after he was found unresponsive in the station. Chris Pham, 35, was found in his bunk during the shift change at Fire Station 49. Fellow firefig...

Texas judge refuses to grant firefighter death benefits to transgendered widow

Brittney McNamara

May 30, 2011

A Wharton county, Texas, Judge recently ruled that a transgender widow's marriage to a Wharton Firefighter was not legal at the time of the firefighter's death, leaving the widow ineligible to receive her husba...

Connecticut firefighter dies on duty

John M. Guilfoil

April 19, 2011

A Windsor, Conn. firefighter died in the line of duty after collapsing during a fire on Monday. Robert Watts, 50, a Marine Corps veteran and volunteer firefighter in the town of 30,000, was charging a fire h...

New Hampshire firefighter dies in training

John M. Guilfoil

January 16, 2011

A Sandown, N.H. firefighter died during a training exercise Sunday morning. Harold Frey, 46, of Sandown, was finishing an ice rescue training class on the Exeter River just before noon when he collapsed, suf...

Maine volunteer firefighter killed responding to call Monday night

John M. Guilfoil

January 4, 2011

A volunteer firefighter from the Shapleigh, Maine department died last night in a single vehicle accident while responding to a call. David Remington, 58, of Acton, was responding to a rescue call when he lo...

33-year-old Rehoboth firefighter dies of heart attack while responding to emergency

John M. Guilfoil

November 29, 2010

Southeastern Massachusetts is in mourning after the death of a third generation firefighter, who suffered a heart attack while responding to a fire call. Firefighter Kenneth Marshall Jr., just 33 years o...

Mexican national charged in crash that killed S.C. firefighter

John M. Guilfoil

November 16, 2010

A woman responsible for a traffic crash that killed a South Carolina firefighter faces several charges. Neida Ortega, 34, was allegedly speeding and only had a Mexican driver's license when she crashed a van...

Connecticut firefighter dies after shift

John M. Guilfoil

October 27, 2010

NEW HAVEN -- A Waterbury, Conn. firefighter has died after suffering a massive heart attack hours after his shift ended Tuesday. Lieutenant Bruce Bachinsky, of Waterbury's Engine 8, fell ill a few hours afte...

Ghent firefighter killed responding to call

John M. Guilfoil

October 20, 2010

A Ghent, N.Y. firefighter died while responding to an emergency call on Tuesday, according to FireFighterCloseCalls.com. Captain William Akin, 52, a member of the Ghent Volunteer Fire Company was responding ...

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