United States Fire Administration
6 February 2024
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Captain William “Tony” Anthony Baumgartner, 70, of the Lawrence Mill Volunteer Fire Department on 5 February 2024.
On Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, Captain William “Tony” Anthony Baumgartner was returning to the station from a residential structure fire when the apparatus he was driving left the roadway. He was pronounced deceased at the scene from the injuries he sustained in the accident.
Age: 70
Rank: Captain
Classification: Volunteer
Incident date: February 5, 2024 5:50 a.m.
Date of death: February 5, 2024
Cause of fatal injury: Vehicle Collision – Includes Aircraft
Nature of fatal injury: Trauma
Activity type: Driving/Operating Vehicle/Apparatus
Emergency duty: Yes
Duty type: Returning
Fixed property use: Residential
The number of on-duty deaths for 2024 currently is 7.
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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