Earlier: Indiana Assistant Chief Killed, Firefighter Injured in Tanker Rollover
United States Fire Administration
1 June 2023
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Assistant Chief Kyle Thomas Osgood, 29, of the Farmland Volunteer Fire Department on 25 May 2023.
On Thursday, May 25, 2023, Assistant Chief Kyle Thomas Osgood and Firefighter Zachary Lee were responding to a chicken coop fire in a tanker. The vehicle approached an S-curve, lost control, left the roadway, and crashed. Assistant Chief Osgood was pronounced deceased at the scene. Firefighter Lee was immediately airlifted to the hospital where he remains in critical condition.
Age: 29
Rank: Assistant Chief
Classification: Volunteer
Incident date: May 25, 2023 6:15 a.m.
Date of death: May 25, 2023
Cause of fatal injury: Vehicle Collision – Includes Aircraft
Nature of fatal injury: Trauma
Activity type: Driving/Operating Vehicle/Apparatus
Emergency duty: Yes
Duty type: Responding
Fixed property use: Outdoor Property
The number of on-duty deaths for 2023 currently is 29.
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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