United States Fire Administration
2 April 2024
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Deputy Chief Craig Matthew Konkle, 54, of the South Bound Brook Fire Department on 23 March 2024.
On Saturday, March 23, 2024, Deputy Chief Craig Matthew Konkle responded to the scene of a motor vehicle accident. He assisted at the crash site until the vehicle was removed and the scene was terminated. He then returned home. At approximately 2 p.m. that same day, he suffered a medical emergency. 9-1-1 was immediately called and he was rushed to the local hospital where he was pronounced deceased from an apparent heart attack.
Age: 54
Rank: Deputy Chief
Classification: Volunteer
Incident date: March 23, 2024 5:17 a.m.
Date of death: March 23, 2024
Cause of fatal injury: Stress/Overexertion
Nature of fatal injury: Heart Attack
Activity type: Incident Command
Emergency duty: Yes
Duty type: On-Scene Non-Fire
Fixed property use: Street/Road
The number of on-duty deaths for 2024 currently is 16.
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 the South Bound Brook Fire Department/Facebook.
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