Fallen Fire Fighters

On 11/24/1996 Career Fire Fighter of the Saint Paul Fire Department in Saint Paul MN was on a call and he contracted a rare disease from exchanging bodily fluids. On 11/14/2009 he passed away due to a heart failure.

On 11/3/2009 Volunteer Fire Fighter Robert Stone from the Amity Fire and Rescue in Douglassville PA started to complain about chest pains after returning from a carbon monoxide alarm. He was rushed to the hospital and undergone surgery where he passed away early the next morning.

On 10/27/2009 Volunteer Fire Chief Phil Whitney from Springville Fire Department in Springville UT went on an emergency call at his station. The next morning he called his station saying he was not feeling well and was later found that morning in his home passed away.

On 10/24/2009 Volunteer Lt. Roy Everett Westover Jr. from Westover Area Volunteer Fire Company in Westover PA started feeling sick while on a hose line at a structure fire. An ALS team rendered care while transporting his to the hospital. He later passed away at the hospital from a heart attack.

Please keep these heros and their families in prayers. This is only a few from the 81 fire fatalities this year. If you would like more information on these cases or others or to donate to the deceases charity founds go to http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/ If you have some more heros that passed away please add them.

On 11/22/2009 Career Fire Fighter Terrance Freeman of the Rockford Fire Department in Rockford IL passed away after coming off of his shift. He had responded to multiple emergency calls so the cause of death is still under investigation. Please keep his family and friends in prayer especially during this holiday season.

Rest in peace!!!! Brother!!!!

12/12/2009 : Tommy Lee Adams, Battalion Chief of Shreveport Fire Department of Shreveport LA, fell off a ladder truck after the Mardi Gras Parade 2/21/09. He was given CPR and rushed to the nearest hospital. He suffered fractures to his cervical (neck) spine and was placed on a breathing machine. He has been in a relative state of a coma since the accident. He was transferred to a rehab facility in Georgia where he later passed away on 12/12/09.

12/10/2009: Jimmy Lee Davis, Sr, Fire Chief of White Oak Volunteer Fire Department in North Carolina. Fire Chief Davis was getting ready to leave his house to go on a call for a Motor Vehicle Accident when he had his own Medical Emergency. He was given CPR and transported to the nearest hospital where he passed away.

12/12/2009: Assistant Fire Chief Gregory Paul Thompson, Jr of the South Bay Fire Department in Olympia Washington. Assistant Chief Thompson passed away due to a self inflicted gun shot wound while on duty.


12/20/2009: Assistant Fire Chief Bobby Joe Mullins, of the Dante Volunteer Fire Department in Dante VA. Assistant Fire Chief Mullins was working on a vehicle fire when he became sick. He passed away later on from a cardiac arrest.

Rest in Peace brothers!!!!