United States Fire Administration
4 March 2024
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Assistant Chief Tommy Lee, 82, of the Kill Devil Hills Fire Department on 19 February 2024.
On Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, Assistant Chief Tommy Lee was participating in departmental physical fitness training. After the training, he returned home. At approximately 4:00 p.m., Assistant Chief Lee was found unresponsive on the garage floor. 911 was immediately called. EMS responded but were unable to revive him. He was pronounced deceased at his residence from an apparent heart attack.
Age: 82
Rank: Assistant Chief
Classification: Volunteer
Incident date: February 19, 2024 4:00 p.m.
Date of death: February 19, 2024
Cause of fatal injury: Stress/Overexertion
Nature of fatal injury: Heart Attack
Activity type: Fitness Activity
Emergency duty: No
Duty type: Training
Fixed property use: Store/Office
The number of on-duty deaths for 2024 currently is 13.
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.”
Photograph courtesy of Kill Devil Hills Fire Department/Facebook.
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