United States Fire Administration
5 September 2023
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Firefighter Joe Parish, 67, of the Diboll Volunteer Fire Department on 1 September 2023.
On Wednesday, August 30, 2023, Firefighter Joe Parish was responding to a request for mutual aid from Fuller Springs, TX, when his privately owned vehicle left the roadway and crashed. Firefighter Parish was air-lifted to a Tyler, TX hospital for emergency surgery. On Friday, September 1, 2023, he passed away from the injuries he sustained in the accident.
Age: 67
Rank: Firefighter
Classification: Volunteer
Incident date: August 30, 2023 5:00 p.m.
Date of death: September 1, 2023
Cause of fatal injury: Vehicle Collision – Includes Aircraft
Nature of fatal injury: Trauma
Activity type: Driving/Riding Personal Vehicle
Emergency duty: Yes
Duty type: Responding
Fixed property use: Store/Office
The number of on-duty deaths for 2023 currently is 57.
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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