“If you have an important point to make, don’t try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time-a tremendous whack.” – Winston Churchill LODD’s: Nov 14, 1999 Tanker rollover results in the death of one volunteer fire […]

“Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.” – Winston Churchill LODD’s: Nov 13, 2019 Career lieutenant dies and four firefighters injured at a 3-story multi-family residential occupancy – Massachusetts. Nov 13, 2010 One career fire fighter killed, another seriously injured when struck by a vehicle while working […]

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak, it’s also what it takes to sit down and listen.” – Winston Churchill LODD’s: Nov 12, 2014 Shift safety officer falls through hole in floor into basement of vacant row house and dies from smoke inhalation – Maryland. Nov 12, 2002 Sudden cardiac death due […]

To all of our Veterans: Thank You! On this day, at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the Great War ends. At 5 a.m. that morning, Germany, bereft of manpower and supplies and faced with imminent invasion, signed an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car […]

“All the greatest things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honour; duty; mercy; hope.” – Winston Churchill LODD’s: An Indiana firefighter was struck killed at an accident scene in 2017. Another firefighter is charged in his death.

“The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.” – Winston Churchill LODD’s: Nov 09, 2008 Fire fighter trainee suffers sudden cardiac death during maze training – Virginia.

“There is only one duty, only one safe course, and that is to try to be right and not to fear to do or say what you believe to be right.” – Winston Churchill LODD’s: My search for Line of Duty Deaths only resulted in finding information on three firefighter fatalities, the most recent being […]

“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill Nov 07, 2016 Fire chief suffers fatal heart attack at vehicle fire – Indiana. Nov 07, 2005 Career fire fighter killed while riding manlift to assess a silo fire – Missouri. Nov 07, 1998 Fire fighter dies as a result of a cardiac arrest at […]

“Attitude is a little thing that makes a BIG difference.” – Winston Churchill LODD’s: Nov 06, 1998 Two volunteer fire fighters were killed and one fire fighter and one civilian were injured during an interior fire attack in an auto salvage storage building – North Carolina.

“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.” – Winston Churchill LODD’s: Nov 05, 2014 Firefighter dies several months after suffering a heart attack on-scene – Pennsylvania. Nov 05, 2010 Volunteer fire captain dies from injuries received after a brush truck undergoing […]