United States Fire Administration
16 March 2023
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Engineer/EMT William “Bill” Fore, 38, of Brady Fire/EMS on 9 March 2023.
On Wednesday, March 8, 2023, Engineer/EMT William “Bill” Fore was on-duty at the fire station. Fellow firefighters noticed that he missed roll-call at 7:45 a.m. They discovered him severely injured from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was immediately transported to the Shannon Medical Center in San Angelo, TX, where he passed away on Thursday, March 9, 2023.
Age: 38
Rank: Engineer/EMT
Classification: Career
Incident date: March 8, 2023 8:03 a.m.
Date of death: March 9, 2023
Cause of fatal injury: Suicide
Nature of fatal injury: Trauma
Activity type: In-Station Duties
Emergency duty: No
Duty type: Other On-Duty
Fixed property use: Store/Office
The number of on-duty deaths for 2023 currently is 14.
Go here to read the number of interior line of duty deaths for 2023.
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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