Information about all firefighter fatalities investigated by SFMO can be found in each year’s annual report. The individual reports below represent operations-related investigations. If you would like to view a report that is not listed on this page, please send a request through our open records office.
Date of Death | Name | Fire Department | Fatality Type |
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June 10, 2018 | Firefighter Andy Loller | Weatherford Fire Department | Fireground Operations |
March 23, 2018 | Firefighter Larry Marusik | Ellinger Volunteer Fire Department | Fireground Operations |
December 13, 2017 | Captain Daryl "Dene" Barber | Brazoria Volunteer Fire Department | Medical condition |
December 7, 2017 | Firefighter Charles Patterson | Bowie Rural Volunteer Fire Department | Medical condition |
August 2, 2017 | Assistant Fire Chief Jarrell "Jay" B. Hinkie | Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department | Motor Vehicle Incident |
May 18, 2017 | Firefighter Scott Deem | San Antonio Fire Department | Fireground Operations |
March 31, 2016 | Firefighter Cadet Steven Whitfield | Houston FD | Medical Condition |
August 23, 2015 | Firefighter Jason Anderson | Katy FD | On-Duty Incident |
July 9, 2014 | Firefighter Daniel Groover | Houston FD | Fireground Operations |
February 10, 2014 | Firefighter William Scott Tanksley | Dallas Fire-Rescue | On-Duty Incident |
May 31, 2013 | Captain Matthew Renaud, E/O Robert Bebee, Firefighter Robert Garner, Firefighter Anne Sullivan | Houston FD | Fireground Operations |
May 20, 2013 | Firefighter Stanley Wilson | Dallas Fire-Rescue | Fireground Operations |
April 17, 2013 | Firefighters Morris Bridges, Perry Calvin, Jerry Dane Chapman, Cody Dragoo, Joseph Pustejovsky, Cyrus Reed, Kevin Sanders, Douglas Snokhous, Robert Snokhous, and Captain Kenneth Harris | Abbott VFD, Bruceville-Eddy VFD, Dallas Fire-Rescue, Mertens VFD, Navarro Mills VFD, and West VFD | Fireground Operations |
February 15, 2013 | Lts. Eric Wallace and Gregory Pickard | Bryan FD | Fireground Operations |
August 14, 2011 | Lt. Todd Krodle | Dallas Fire-Rescue | Fireground Operations |
July 7, 2011 | Firefighter Caleb Hamm | Bureau of Land Management | Fireground Operations |
April 15, 2011 | Firefighter Gregory Simmons | Eastland FD | Fireground Operations |
April 9, 2011 | Firefighter Elias Jaquez | Cactus VFD | Fireground Operations |
July 3, 2010 | Captain Thomas Araguz | Wharton VFD | Fireground Operations |
April 12, 2009 | Captain James A. Harlow, Sr., and Firefighter Damion J. Hobbs | Houston FD | Fireground Operations |
July 5, 2008 | Chief Robert Leland Knight | Teague VFD | Fireground Operations |
August 3, 2007 | Kevin Williams, Austin Cheek | Noonday VFD | Fireground Operations |
December 30, 2006 | Phillip Townsend | Denison FD | Fireground Operations |
February 19, 2005 | Captain Grady Burke | Houston FD | Fireground Operations |
December 20, 2004 | Nito Guajardo | Baytown FD | Fireground Operations |
April 4, 2004 | Kevin Kulow | Houston FD | Fireground Operations |
January 19, 2003 | Gary L. Staley | Porter VFD | Fireground Operations |
February 11, 2002 | Vincent Davis | Dallas Fire-Rescue | Fireground Operations |
October 13, 2001 | Captain Jay Jahnke | Houston FD | Fireground Operations |