United States Fire Administration
5 December 2023
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Chief Ralph Michael Stegbauer, 71, of the Concord Green Township Fire Department on 25 November 2023.
On Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023, Chief Ralph Michael Stegbauer and Captain Jeffery Skaggs were utilizing a mechanical lift to make repairs to the radio tower when the lift tipped over. Both were ejected from the tower basket from several feet in the air. Chief Stegbauer and Captain Skaggs were pronounced deceased at the scene from the injuries they sustained in the fall.
Age: 71
Rank: Chief
Classification: Volunteer
Incident date: November 25, 2023 11:00 a.m.
Date of death: November 25, 2023
Cause of fatal injury: Fall
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 80.
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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