Detroit Fire Department Line of Duty Deaths

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The following members of the Detroit Fire Department
have made the ultimate sacrifice in service to
the City of Detroit.

 


 11/15/2008
FF Walter Harris
E-23 Roof Collapse

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 02/07/2007
FEO Joseph Torkos
E-17 Rig/Car Collision

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 02/07/2002
FF Steven Olander
L-21 Brain Aneurysm

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07/04/1995

FEO John Weingart

E-35 Heart Attack at Fire

 


 

02/05/1994

Chief Robert English

5th Battalion Heart Attack at Fire

 


 

06/15/1992

TFF Roland Waters
Waters-Roland
E-60 Building Collapse

 


 03/12/1987
Lt. Paul Schimeck
L-10 Fell from Building

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 03/12/1987
Lt. David Lau
E-26 Building Collapse

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 03/12/1987 TFF
Larry McDonald
E-26 Building Collapse

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02/21/1981
FF Coleman Tate
L-31 Fell off E-52

 


 10/29/1977
TFF Curtis Randolph
E-32 Backdraft

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12/12/1977

FF Michael Johnson

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L-11 Tiller Accident

 


 

01/26/1974

FF Terence McHugh
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E-21 Floor Collapse

 


 

03/17/1974

FF Edward Gargol

L-26 Fell off L-26

 


 

02/22/1970

Capt. Edward Dugelar

L-30 Heart Attack at Fire

 


 

12/20/1969

FF Thomas Killian

E-35 Burns

 


 07/28/1967
FF Carl Smith
L-11, Gunshot in Riot

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 08/04/1967
FF John Ashby
E-21, Electrocuted

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02/27/1965

Capt. Lyle Ingram

E-29 Smoke Inhalation

 


 

06/29/1965

Sgt. Alex Ori

E-48 Heart Attack at Fire
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09/29/1963

FF John Campbell

E-34 Heart Attack at Fire

 


 11/10/1963
FF Albert Booth
E-56 / Car Collision

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02/19/1961

FF Stephen Szpunar

E-36 Heart Attack at Fire

 


 

08/23/1959

Capt. Nicholas Konen

E-51 Heart Attack at E-51 after Fire

 


 

11/24/1959

FF Bruno Koluch

E-22 Smoke Inhalation

 


 

01/26/1955

Lt. Ellsworth Carroll

L-14 Heart Attack at Fire

 


 

04/11/1954

Capt. Werner Blaess

E-1 Heart Attack at Fire

 


 

05/24/1952

FF Stanley Thornton

E-11 Falling Wall

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01/11/1949

FF James Daggert

E-40 Smoke Inhalation

 


 

01/11/1949

Sgt. Clifford Bannon

E-49 Smoke Inhalation

 


 

08/26/1948

Sgt. Charles Phillips

E-31 Fire-Police Collision

 


 

01/16/1947

FF Charles Parish

L-9 Explosion at E-12’s Quarters

 


 

01/16/1947

FF Paul Reiner

L-9 Explosion at E-12’s Quarters

 


 

03/17/1947

FF Raymond Benedict

S-3 Smoke Inhalation

 


 

04/04/1947

Sgt. Fred Bergman

E-32 Heart Attack/E32 after Fire

 


 

06/29/1947

Lt. Clay Carpenter

E-22 Collapsed at Fire

 


 

03/12/1946

Lt. Oliver Strong

E-52 Smoke Inhalation

 


 

01/05/1945

Sgt. Harry Shlotzhauer

E-10 Heart Attack at Fire

 


 

10/21/1944

Lt. Joseph Donnelly

E-1 Heart Attack at Fire

 


 

07/12/1942

FF Stanley Hausch

E-17 Buried by Explosion

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02/25/1940

FF Joseph Schneider

L-22 Building Collapse

 


 

02/13/1939

Capt. Edward Mitten

E-50 Smoke Inhalation

 


 

03/18/1937

Capt Louis Pape

S-1 Heart Attack at S-1 after fire

 


 

10/24/1937

Lt. Russell Kelly

L-7 Heart Attack at Fire

 


 

08/21/1936

FF Joseph Hallman

HP1 E-1/HP1 Collision

 


 

07/19/1935

FF Walter Sweeney

S-3 Electrocution

 


 

10/27/1933

Pipeman Frederick Stolp

S-4 Rig/Car Collision

 


 

01/22/1931

Lad. George Aylsworth

L-8 Rig Accident

 


 

07/31/1930

FF Lief Christiansen

E-24 Thrown from Ladder

 


 

03/29/1929

Lad. Edward Vernier

L-8 Rig/Truck Accident

 


 

12/20/1928

TFF Vincent Rychik

L-4 Rig Accident

 


 

02/06/1926

Pipeman Stanley Doptis

S-1 Rig/Street Car Accident

 


 

04/18/1924

Lt. George Hawkins

S-4 Rig Accident

 


 

04/22/1924

Pipeman Richard Beard

S-4 Rig Accident

 


 

11/18/1923

Pipeman Herman Schulz

E-46 Burns

 


 

02/19/1922

Pipeman Louis Digue

E-29 Burns

 


 

03/05/1921

Lad. James Thornton

L-1 Injury/Hemorrhage

 


 

07/24/1920

Pipeman Louis Purol

S-3 Rig/Street Car Collision

 


 

05/30/1919

Pipeman Peter Condry

S-1 Gas Inhalation

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05/30/1919

Pipeman William O’Brien

S-1 Gas Inhalation

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05/10/1918

Capt. Oscar Reidel

L-4 Fell through Floor

 


 

10/20/1918

Capt. Maurice Kelly

E-32 Falling Walls

 


 03/04/1917
Pipeman Otto Mattick
E-30 Building Collapse

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 03/04/1917
Pipeman William Schill
E-30 Building Collapse

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 03/04/1917
Captain Alexander Cockburn
E-2 Building Collapse

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 03/04/1917
Ladderman Oscar Locke
L-1 Building Collapse

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 03/04/1917
Pipeman Alonzo Raymond
E-2 Building Collapse

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10/15/1917

Sub. George Lloyd

E-6 Fell through Pole Hole

 


 

04/12/1916

Lad. William Moran

L-3 Fell from Ladder

 


 

01/31/1915

Pipeman Otto Habermas

E-27 Fall from Ladder

 


 

07/19/1915

Sub. Willys Wilcox

E-3A Run over by E-3

 


 

12/27/1915

Pipeman William Hoffman

E-22 Run over by Engine

 


 

05/01/1913

Driver Timothy Shea

E-34 Rig/car Collision

 


 

01/14/1911

Capt. Levi Fletcher

E-12 Falling Walls

 


 

08/08/1911

Pipeman Arthur Fitch

E-24 Extinguisher Explosion

 


 

10/16/1909

Lad. John Wallace

L-9 Died Driving Apparatus

 


 

02/11/1908

Pipeman Louis Staub

E-14 Falling Wall

 


 

12/25/1908

Lt. William Burgess

L-3 Died of Injuries from Fire

 


 

03/09/1907

Cadet David Murduff

E-3 Killed at Fire

 


 

11/16/1907

Driver James Downey

L-4 Broken Skull/Run Over

 


 

12/08/1905

Lt. Michael Sheahan

E-27 Pole Hole Fall

 


 

12/18/1905

Pipeman James Briggs

E-3 Rig/Street Car Collision

 


 

03/22/1902

Pipeman George Hough

Chem 2 Injuries

 


 

02/25/1900

Lad. Timothy Keohane

L-8 Falling Smokestack

 


 

10/25/1900

Lt. August Regentin

E-11 Falling Walls

 


 

01/13/1897

Lad. Patrick Black

H & L 2 Electric Shock

 


 

01/20/1897

Lad. Moses Fortune

H & L 1 Kicked by a Horse

 


 

05/17/1895

Ladderman Anthony Korte

L-5, Rig Train Collision

 


 

08/02/1894

Pipeman Eugene McCarthy

E-19 Falling Walls

 


 10/05/1894
Ladderman Julius Cummings
Hook & Ladder 2, Falling Walls

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 10/05/1894
Lieutenant Michael Donaghue
Chemical 1, Falling Walls

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 10/05/1894
Pipeman John Pagel
E-9 Falling Walls

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 10/05/1894
Pipeman Joseph Dely
E-9 Falling Walls

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 10/05/1894
Pipeman Martin Ball
E-9 Falling Walls

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 10/05/1894
Volunteer Fred Bussey
Falling Walls

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11/02/1893

Lad. Hugh Garrity

H & L 3 Rig/Street Car Collision

 


 

11/11/1893

Eng.David Boyd

E-4 Arm Torn Off

 


 

02/28/1892

Pipeman Henry Chapoton

E-5 Thrown from Rig

 


 

12/26/1892

Lad. Peter Schwartz

H & L 2 Falling Walls

 


 

12/03/1890

Lt. Patrick Coughlin

E-8 Falling Walls

 


 

12/03/1890

Pipeman Octavius Robinson

E-8 Falling Walls

 


 

03/21/1889

Lt. Isaac Clark

H & L 5 Floor Collapse

 


 

04/20/1889

Driver Henry Turner

Chem 2 Thrown from Rig

 


 

12/28/1888

Stoker James Powers

E-8 Thrown from Rig

 


 

01/01/1886

Capt. Richard Filban

H & L 3 Falling Wall

 


 

09/03/1884

Capt. William Cooper

H & L 3 Injuries 02/26/1884

 


 

07/02/1881

Pipeman Michael McQueen

E-8 Falling Wall

 


 

08/17/1867

Pipeman John Miller

E-3 Fell from Ladder

 


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