United States Fire Administration
5 August 2021
EMMITSBURG, Maryland – The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Firefighter Daniel “Danny” Ireton, 60, of the Martin County Volunteer Fire Department on 4 August 2021.
On Wednesday, August 4, 2021, while Firefighter Daniel “Danny” Ireton and another firefighter were responding to a motor vehicle collision, the fire apparatus Firefighter Ireton was driving struck another vehicle. Firefighter Ireton was pronounced deceased at the scene. The other firefighter was taken to the hospital and remains in stable condition.
Age: 60
Rank: Firefighter
Classification: Volunteer
Incident date: August 4, 2021 9:30 a.m.
Date of death: August 4, 2021
Cause of death: Vehicle Collision – Includes Aircraft
Nature of death: Trauma
Activity type: Driving/Operating Vehicle/Apparatus
Emergency duty: Yes
Duty type: Responding
Fixed property use: Street/Road
The number of on-duty deaths for 2021 currently is 63.
Fatality status is provisional and may change as USFA contacts State Fire Marshals to verify fatality incident information.
For more information about on-duty deaths as recorded by the United States Fire Administration go to “Firefighter Fatalities in the United States.”
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