United States Fire Administration
23 September 2024
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Firefighter/Paramedic Kyle Brinker, 33, of the Kansas City Fire Department on 17 September 2024.
On Tuesday, September 17, 2024, Firefighter/Paramedic Kyle Brinker suffered a medical emergency during a fire department training exercise. He was immediately transported to the North Kansas City Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.
Age: 33
Rank: Firefighter/Paramedic
Classification: Career
Incident date: Sep. 17, 2024 11:45 AM
Date of death: Sep. 17, 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 42.
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 Kansas City Fire Department.
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