United States Fire Administration
20 June 2024
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Chief Benny Filiaggi, 62, of the Montgomery Fire Department on 14 June 2024.
On Friday, June 14, 2024, Chief Benny Filiaggi was on official paid duty working at his residence performing administrative functions for the department. He had spoken to the mayor earlier in the morning and informed him that he did not feel well. His son attempted to contact him but was unsuccessful. Chief Filiaggi was found unresponsive in his home and was immediately transported to the local hospital where he was pronounced deceased from an apparent heart attack.
Age: 62
Rank: Chief
Classification: Career
Incident date: June 14, 2024
Date of death: June 14, 2024
Cause of fatal injury: Stress/Overexertion
Nature of fatal injury: Heart Attack
Activity type: Other
Emergency duty: No
Duty type: Other On-Duty
Fixed property use: N/A
The number of on-duty deaths for 2024 currently is 27.
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 Montgomery Fire Department/Facebook.
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