Tag Archives: Line of Duty Death

My friend and Brother, Fire Chief Scott Morrison, died in the line of duty today. Morrison was the Fire Chief of the Knotts Island Volunteer Fire Department.

Below are just some of the videos that were recommended by the FB Brothers. I will add that this article was a quick idea I had after all of the great examples shared...and then I sat down and watched all of the videos, one by one. I was holding it together until the Pipes started playing on the Kyle Wilson Tribute video...then I lost it.

Firefighter David Schnepp, 43, died after a brush fire Sunday evening. The details of Schnepp's death should be released this evening. Schnepp was a 20 year veteran firefighter.

Lt. Eric Wallace died late last night at a fire in the Knights of Columbus Hall in Bryan, Texas. The hall is located at the 1500 block of Groesbeck Dr. Firefighters were called out around 11:20 p.m. Friday.

All of the information below is available at WestWebsterFD.org. Please rely on their site over FireCritic.com for the most up-to-date information. Feel free to let me know if you have questions, but there are emails below for contacts in West Webster.

Firefighters Michael Chiapperini and Tomasz Kaczówka were killed while arriving at a house fire in West Webster, NY yesterday. Firefighters Theodore Scardino and Joseph Hofstetter were also shot in the incident.

More information is coming out of Webster, NY as the events unfold. The last update is that four firefighters have been shot, two of those firefighters are dead after an unknown gunman opened fire at a house fire in Webster, NY.

A Chicago Firefighter has died in the line of duty today after sustaining injuries in a South Side firefighter. The firefighter, not identified yet, was injured with another firefighter after a MAYDAY was called at the fire. The death was announced on the Chicago FD Twitter page

The firefighter who died in the line of duty in Easton, Connecticut has been identified as Lt. Russ Neary. The incident occurred around 7:45pm on Monday night as Hurricane Sandy hit landfall.

Firefighters busy on East Coast with Hurricane Sandy, Possible LODD in CT, Mashable on fake photos, Crane collapse in NYC, Facebook pages sharing photos and information.