United States Fire Administration
4 September 2024
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Firefighter Thomas Wilson Berry III, 23, of the Georgetown Fire Company, Inc. on 13 August 2024.
On Tuesday, August 13, 2024, Firefighter Thomas Wilson Berry, III was dispatched to respond to a motor vehicle accident. While on scene, a utility pole snapped, bringing down electrical wires. Firefighter Berry sustained life-threatening injuries and died on the scene.
Age: 23
Rank: Firefighter
Classification: Volunteer
Incident date: Aug. 13, 2024
Date of death: Aug. 13, 2024
Cause of fatal injury: Contact With
Nature of fatal injury: Electrocution
Activity type: EMS/Patient Care
Emergency duty: Yes
Duty type: On-Scene Non-Fire
Fixed property use: Street/Road
The number of on-duty deaths for 2024 currently is 35.
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 Georgetown Fire Company, Inc./Facebook
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