United States Fire Administration
26 February 2024
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Safety Officer Louis Dunston, 79, of the Youngsville Fire Department on 20 February 2024.
On Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, Safety Officer Louis Dunston was participating in departmental training. The training ended at 10:00 p.m. After the training, he went home. At approximately 9:58 p.m. the next evening, he was having a cardiac event and 9-1-1 was immediately called. EMS responded but were unable to revive him. He was pronounced deceased at his residence from an apparent heart attack.
Age: 79
Rank: Safety Officer
Classification: Volunteer
Incident date: February 19, 2024 9:58 p.m.
Date of death: February 20, 2024
Cause of fatal injury: Stress/Overexertion
Nature of fatal injury: Heart Attack
Activity type: Other
Emergency duty: No
Duty type: Training
Fixed property use: Store/Office
The number of on-duty deaths for 2024 currently is 11.
Go here to read the number of interior line of duty deaths for 2024.
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.”
Featured photograph courtesy of Youngsville Fire Department/Facebook.
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