United States Fire Administration
16 July 2024
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Wildland Firefighter Daniel Foley, 27, of the U.S. Forest Service, Fremont-Winema National Forest on 9 July 2024.
On Tuesday, July 9, 2024, Wildland Firefighter Daniel Foley collapsed after the completion of a District Work Capacity Test. He was immediately transported to the Sky Lakes Medical Center where he was pronounced deceased. The cause of death has yet to be determined.
Age: 27
Rank: Wildland Firefighter
Classification: Wildland Full-Time
Incident date: July 9, 2024 9:40 AM
Date of death: July 9, 2024
Cause of fatal injury: Unknown
Nature of fatal injury: Unknown
Activity type: Fitness Activity
Emergency duty: No
Duty type: Training
Fixed property use: Educational
The number of on-duty deaths for 2024 currently is 31.
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 Dan Foley/Facebook.
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