United States Fire Administration
22 April 2024
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Firefighter John Norris Raisler, 59, of the Montana State Department of Natural Resources and Conservation on 16 April 2024.
On Tuesday, April 16, 2024, Firefighter John Norris Raisler suffered a medical emergency during a practice for a pack test. CPR was immediately performed and he was then transported to the local hospital where he was pronounced deceased from an apparent heart attack.
Age: 59
Rank: Firefighter
Classification: Wildland Full-Time
Incident date: Apr. 16, 2024 3:30 PM
Date of death: Apr. 16, 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: Public Assembly
The number of on-duty deaths for 2024 currently is 23.
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 Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home.
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