United States Fire Administration
23 October 2023
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Firefighter Colin Reedy, 25, of the West Whiteland Fire Company on 20 October 2023.
On Friday, Oct. 20, 2023, during a heavy downpour, Firefighter Colin Reedy and Firefighter Emily Gindele were responding to the station in Firefighter Reedy’s privately owned vehicle in response to an alarm. The vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree. Firefighter Reedy was pronounced deceased at the scene. Firefighter Gindele was transported to the Paoli Memorial Trauma Center where she is listed in critical but stable condition.
Age: 25
Rank: Firefighter
Classification: Volunteer
Incident date: October 20, 2023 9:00 p.m.
Date of death: October 20, 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 66.
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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