Firefighter Matt Holladay

Jan 16, 2019 | Fire

Holladay shouldn’t have been working June 25. But the six-year veteran of the Cocoa Fire Department traded a shift with a fellow firefighter and was on duty by 7:30 a.m. Shortly thereafter, he found himself in the training room of the station house. He and crew...

Firefighter Steven H. Pollard

Jan 8, 2019 | Fire

A New York City firefighter responding to a car accident in Brooklyn fell from an overpass and died at a hospital. In statement on the Fire Department’s Facebook page Monday morning, Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro and Mayor Bill de Blasio identified the...

Fire Marshal Bryan Thatcher

Jan 6, 2019 | EMT/Paramedic, Fire

Brian Thatcher (Draper Fire Department) 1973-2018 In a post on the Draper City Fire Department Facebook Saturday, they said Fire Marshal Bryan Thatcher unexpectedly passed away at his home ‘leaving a huge void in his family and our department.’ ...

Battalion Chief Matt Burchett

Jan 5, 2019 | EMT/Paramedic, Fire

Photo Courtesy Draper Fire 12/28/75 – 8/13/18 Battalion Chief Matt Burchett suffered injuries while fighting the Ranch Fire in an active area within the Mendocino Complex fire in California. He was air-lifted to a nearby hospital, where he later died. A...