United States Fire Administration
2 April 2024
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Firefighter Michael “Mike Mike” Vinson, 27, of the Clinton Fire Department on 31 March 2024.
On Sunday, March 31, 2024, Firefighter Michael “Mike Mike” Vinson and another firefighter were responding to a service call in a fire apparatus. The fire apparatus and another vehicle collided at an intersection. Firefighter Michael “Mike Mike” Vinson was pronounced deceased at the scene. The other firefighter in the apparatus was flown to the Spartanburg Regional Hospital and has since been released. The civilian involved in the crash was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The crash is currently under investigation. Firefighter Vinson was also a member of the Laurens County Fire Service.
Age: 27
Rank: Firefighter
Classification: Career
Incident date: March 31, 2024 11:00 a.m.
Date of death: March 31, 2024
Cause of fatal injury: Vehicle Collision – Includes Aircraft
Nature of fatal injury: Trauma
Activity type: Driving/Operating Vehicle/Apparatus
Emergency duty: No
Duty type: Responding
Fixed property use: Street/Road
The number of on-duty deaths for 2024 currently is 19.
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 Clinton Fire Department/Facebook.
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