United States Fire Administration
4 December 2023
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Safety Officer Daniel Potts, 74, of the Whitney Fire Department on 24 November 2023.
On Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, Safety Officer Daniel Potts was at the fire station. He was getting in his support vehicle to respond to a residential fire when he was found unconscious. He was pronounced deceased at the scene from an apparent heart attack.
Age: 74
Rank: Safety Officer
Classification: Volunteer
Incident date: November 24, 2023 6:30 a.m.
Date of death: November 24, 2023
Cause of fatal injury: Stress/Overexertion
Nature of fatal injury: Heart Attack
Activity type: Other
Emergency duty: Yes
Duty type: Responding
Fixed property use: Residential
The number of on-duty deaths for 2023 currently is 78.
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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