United States Fire Administration
9 May 2024
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Captain Derrick L. Nester, 43, of the Wyomissing Fire Department on 6 May 2024.
Captain Derrick L. Nester was working an overtime shift on Sunday, May 5, 2024, when he responded to numerous calls, the last one being a residential structure fire. After his shift, he returned home. When he did not show up for his regular tour of duty on the evening of Monday, May 6, 2024, fellow firefighters attempted to contact Captain Nester with no success. He was found deceased by his fire chief at home from an apparent heart attack.
Age: 43
Rank: Captain
Classification: Career
Incident date: May 5, 2024
Date of death: May 6, 2024
Cause of fatal injury: Stress/Overexertion
Nature of fatal injury: Heart Attack
Activity type: Advance Hose Lines/Fire Attack (includes Wildland)
Emergency duty: Yes
Duty type: On-Scene Fire
Fixed property use: Residential
The number of on-duty deaths for 2024 currently is 25.
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 Wyomissing Fire Department/Facebook.
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