United States Fire Administration
15 April 2024
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Engineer Heath J. O’Shea, 44, of the Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department on 13 April 2024.
On Friday, April 12, 2024, Engineer Heath J. O’Shea was working at the fire station when he suffered a medical emergency. He was immediately transported to the hospital where he died on Saturday, April 13, 2024 from an ascending aortic aneurysm.
Age: 44
Rank: Engineer
Classification: Career
Incident date: April 12, 2024 6:00 p.m.
Date of death: April 13, 2024
Cause of fatal injury: Other
Nature of fatal injury: Other
Activity type: In-Station Duties
Emergency duty: No
Duty type: Other On-Duty
Fixed property use: Store/Office
The number of on-duty deaths for 2024 currently is 22.
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 Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department.
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