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Women Firefighters' Line-of-Duty Deaths
Sherry K. Garner Indian Ford Volunteer Fire Department, Bessemer, Alabama November, 1981 Seattle Fire Department July 7, 1983 Seattle Fire Department January 13, 1984 Crofton Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, Nebraska July 8, 1984 Oregon Department of Forestry July 9, 1984 Crow Valley Rural Fire Department, Oregon 1985 Dalbo Fire Department, Minnesota November 18, 1985 New Oxford Volunteer Fire Company, Pennsylvania December 18, 1985 Searchlight Fire Department, Nevada January 23, 1987 . Virginia Faye Bolton Gap of the Mountain Volunteer Fire Department, Clanton, Alabama March 23, 1987 Walkersville Volunteer Fire Department, Maryland January 1, 1987 Milford Fire Department, Michigan October 25, 1987 Central Florida Fire Academy, Orlando October, 1987 Harmony Volunteer Fire Department San Antonio, Texas March 18, 1988 Hardin Volunteer Fire Department, Montana August 10, 1988 Snohomish County Fire Protection District #14, Stanwood, Washington January 16, 1989 Port Washington Fire Department, New York February 19, 1990 Arizona Department of Corrections 1990 Grand Coulee Fire Department, Washington August 6, 1990 Spillway Fire Department, Azle, Texas October 24, 1990 Hilliard Township/Centerburg Volunteer Fire Department, Ohio 1991 Ester Fire Department, Alaska March 15, 1991 U.S. Forest Service, Boise, Idaho July 30, 1992 Milwaukee Fire Department, Wisconsin September 1, 1992 Brazos County Precinct 4 Volunteer Fire Department, Bryan, Texas December 1, 1992 Volx Centre de Secours, Alpes de Haute Provence, France May 13, 1993 Venus Volunteer Fire Department, Florida February 20, 1994 Keystone Fire Department, Sand Springs, Oklahoma February 1, 1994 Tami Bickett Terri Ann Hagen Bonnie Jean Holtby U.S. Forest Service Hotshots, Prineville, Oregon July 6, 1994 Mary Jo Brown U.S. Forest Service, Gainesville, Georgia November 20, 1994 Gilmer County EMS and Fire Department, Georgia February 13, 1995 Pittsburgh Fire Department, Pennsylvania February 14, 1995 Willard Fire Department, New Mexico 1995 Castella Volunteer Fire Department, California April 17, 1995 North Pulaski Fire Rescue, Jacksonville, Arkansas 1995 Aero Union Corporation, Chico, California June 22, 1995 Rocky Point Fire District, New York June 16, 1995 Trinidad & Tobago Fire Service September 17, 1995 Avon Fire Brigade, England, U.K. February 4, 1996 U.S. Forest Service Hotshots, Globe, Arizona June 9, 1996 Chloride Volunteer Fire Department, Arizona July 25, 1996 West Etowah Volunteer Fire Department, Altoona, Alabama November, 1996 Stroh Volunteer Fire Department, Indiana December 21, 1996 Crooksville, Ohio, Fire Department October 28, 1997 Carriere, Mississippi, Volunteer Fire Department April 16, 1998 McCulloch, Indiana, Fire Department September 15, 1999 Junction City, California, Volunteer Fire Department October 17, 1999 Houston, Texas, Fire Department February 14, 2000 National Parks & Wildlife Service, Australia June 8, 2000 Engelhard, North Carolina, Fire & Rescue Department August 9, 2000 Overisel, Michigan, Fire Department November 2, 2000 Centerville, North Carolina, Fire & Rescue January 3, 2001 Willow Creek, California, Fire Department March 31, 2001 Clayton, Ohio, Fire Department July 10, 2001 Jessica L. Johnson U.S. Forest Service, Washington July 10, 2001 White Pine, Tennessee, Volunteer Fire Department December 12, 2001 Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation March 18, 2002 Bon Secour, Alabama Fire & Rescue Department April 7, 2002 Herring, North Carolina, Volunteer Fire Department June 13, 2002 La Grande, Oregon Grayback Forestry, Inc. June 21, 2002 Redding, California U.S. Forest Service July 28, 2002 McLeansville, North Carolina, Fire Department September 23, 2002 Goulais River, Ontario, Fire Department October 20, 2002 San Francisco Fire Department January 13, 2003 Newcastle, Wyoming, Fire Department May 22, 2003 Lovilla, Iowa, Fire & Rescue December 18, 2003 Lexington-Fayette County, Kentucky, Fire Department February 13, 2004 Franklin Creek - Forts Lake, Mississippi, Fire Department March 21, 2004 Middle River Volunteer Rescue Company, Maryland May 17, 2004 Wickliffe Rural Fire Department, Kentucky August 10, 2004 Los Angeles City Fire Department, California August 14, 2004 California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection September 12, 2004 A memorial roster of EMS personnel who have died in the line of duty -- approximately a quarter of whom are women -- can be found at www.nemsms.org. |
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