Tag Archives: In the Line of Duty

Live video and links to video of the funeral & funeral procession for Cincinnati Firefighter Daryl Gordon

Macon-Bibb County Fire Department Lt. Randy Parker,46, died in a house fire yesterday. Parker was a 20 year veteran with the fire department. Five other firefighters were injured in the fire. BC Steven Stafford, 59 was air lifted to Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, GA. Adam Mitchie, 34, and Ferrell Cromer, 46 were also taken to Joseph M. Still Burn Center. Matt Couey, 27, and Ben Bollinger, 28, were also transported to the hospital.

John Gupton, 24, died while responding to a fire alarm yesterday in Franklin County, NC. Gupton had been a volunteer since the age of 19 and was a member of the Justice Volunteer Fire Department. Gupton was driving a tanker to an alarm when it rolled over, killing him instantly. One other firefighter was injured in the wreck.

Robert Meyer, a member of Union Hose Fire Co. #1 in Union Beach, collapsed outside the burning building Sunday evening. An autopsy showed he died of heart attack, according to the office, and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Some say "Never Forget", others say "Always Remember". Either way, we will Remember Lt. Ed Walsh and FF Michael Kennedy and we will not Forget about their death. This article is to help you realize how they Lived and how we (the fire service) should Remember them.

Tom Brady lives just down the street from the 9 Alarm fire in Boston yesterday that claimed the lives of Boston FD's Lt. Walsh and Firefighter Kennedy. Brady as seen in the photo that was shared by the Boston Herald, gave a radio interview with The Dennis and Callahan Radio Show expressing his thoughts on Boston Firefighters.

Boston firefighters are on the scene of a 4 story Brownstone burning in the Back Bay neighborhood. The fire has reached 9 alarms. Firefighters transmitted maydays earlier, and 5 firefighters have been injured in the fire.

Barnas was a 29-year veteran with the Jersey City Fire Department, where he rose to the rank of captain. He was a volunteer firefighter with the Wallington Fire Department since 1972, and was the department’s chief in 1997, Tomko said. Both his sons are also firefighters.

A Columbia, MO Firefighter is dead after a second collapse at a MU apartment complex. Firefighters were in the process of evacuating the building due to a partial roof collapse when an exterior walkway collapsed and pinned the firefighter. The firefighter was transported to University Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

William Scott Tanksley, 40, was hit by a car last week while working a wreck on an icy overpass and knocked over the guardrail at the I-20/Spur 408 Interchange in Southwest Dallas.