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
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
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
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
02/21/1981
FF Coleman Tate
L-31 Fell off E-52
10/29/1977
TFF Curtis Randolph
E-32 Backdraft
12/12/1977
FF Michael Johnson
L-11 Tiller Accident
01/26/1974
FF Terence McHugh
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
08/04/1967
FF John Ashby
E-21, Electrocuted
02/27/1965
Capt. Lyle Ingram
E-29 Smoke Inhalation
06/29/1965
Sgt. Alex Ori
E-48 Heart Attack at Fire
09/29/1963
FF John Campbell
E-34 Heart Attack at Fire
11/10/1963
FF Albert Booth
E-56 / Car Collision
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
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
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
05/30/1919
Pipeman William O’Brien
S-1 Gas Inhalation
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
03/04/1917
Pipeman William Schill
E-30 Building Collapse
03/04/1917
Captain Alexander Cockburn
E-2 Building Collapse
03/04/1917
Ladderman Oscar Locke
L-1 Building Collapse
03/04/1917
Pipeman Alonzo Raymond
E-2 Building Collapse
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
10/05/1894
Lieutenant Michael Donaghue
Chemical 1, Falling Walls
10/05/1894
Pipeman John Pagel
E-9 Falling Walls
10/05/1894
Pipeman Joseph Dely
E-9 Falling Walls
10/05/1894
Pipeman Martin Ball
E-9 Falling Walls
10/05/1894
Volunteer Fred Bussey
Falling Walls
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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