United States Fire Administration
1 October 2024
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Assistant Chief Leon Davis, 69, of the Blackshear Fire Department on 27 September 2024.
On Friday, September 27, 2024, Assistant Chief Leon Davis responded to the scene of a downed power line that was on fire. When he was leaving the incident a tree fell on the cab of his fire department pickup truck, killing him instantly.
Age: 69
Rank: Assistant Chief
Classification: Part-Time (Paid)
Incident date: Sep. 27, 2024
Date of death: Sep. 27, 2024
Cause of fatal injury: Struck By
Nature of fatal injury: Trauma
Activity type: Driving/Operating Vehicle/Apparatus
Emergency duty: Yes
Duty type: Returning
Fixed property use: Street/Road
The number of on-duty deaths for 2024 currently is 44.
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 Facebook.
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