United States Fire Administration
20 October 2023
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Firefighter Cameron Craig, 20, of the Abingdon Fire Department on 19 October 2023.
On October 19, 2023, Firefighter Cameron Craig was responding to a fire alarm call as a passenger in a fire department truck when the truck was involved in a crash. Firefighter Craig was fatally injured and pronounced deceased at the scene.
Age: 20
Rank: Firefighter
Classification: Part-Time (Paid)
Incident date: October 19, 2023 5:15 p.m.
Date of death: October 19, 2023
Cause of fatal injury: Vehicle Collision – Includes Aircraft
Nature of fatal injury: Trauma
Activity type: Riding Vehicle/Apparatus
Emergency duty: Yes
Duty type: Responding
The number of on-duty deaths for 2023 currently is 65.
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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