United States Fire Administration
21 October 2024
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Assistant Chief Scott Glass, 43, of Perryton Fire and EMS on 20 October 2024.
On Thursday, October 17, 2024, Assistant Chief Scott Glass responded to a residential fire. As members were setting up a water supply a vehicle ran over the hose popping a coupling, causing 3 firefighters to fall to the ground. Assistant Chief Glass sustained serious head injuries and was airlifted to Northwest Texas Healthcare System in Amarillo. He passed away on Sunday, October 20, 2024.
Age: 43
Rank: Assistant Chief
Classification: Career
Incident date: Oct. 17, 2024 10:45 PM
Date of death: Oct. 20, 2024
Cause of fatal injury: Fall
Nature of fatal injury: Trauma
Activity type: Water Supply
Emergency duty: Yes
Duty type: On-Scene Fire
Fixed property use: Residential
The number of on-duty deaths for 2024 currently is 49.
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 Perryton Fire and EMS/Facebook.
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