United States Fire Administration
29 October 2024
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Engineer Robert “Sharky” Sharkevich, Sr., 66, of the Wethersfield Volunteer Fire Department on 29 October 2024.
On Tuesday, October 22, 2024, Engineer Robert “Sharky” Sharkevich, Sr., was battling a brush fire on Lamentation Mountain in Berlin, CT, when the Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV) he was operating rolled over a steep, rocky incline. He was pronounced deceased at the scene. Three other firefighters were taken to local hospitals with non life-threatening injuries.
Age: 66
Rank: Engineer
Classification: Volunteer
Incident date: Oct. 22, 2024 3:30 PM
Date of death: Oct. 22, 2024
Cause of fatal injury: Vehicle Collision – Includes Aircraft
Nature of fatal injury: Trauma
Activity type: Driving/Operating Vehicle/Apparatus
Emergency duty: Yes
Duty type: On-Scene Fire
Fixed property use: Outdoor Property
The number of on-duty deaths for 2024 currently is 51.
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 WTNH/YouTube.
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