United States Fire Administration
16 December 2024
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Chief Robert “Bob” Chandler, 58, of the Red Dog Mine Fire Department on 27 November 2024.
On Tuesday, November 26, 2024, Chief Robert “Bob” Chandler was teaching a class when he began to feel ill. Colleagues did a patient medical assessment and obtained a base set of vitals; everything was within normal limits. The next day, Wednesday, November 27, 2024, Chief Chandler was found deceased in his quarters from a cardiovascular emergency.
Age: 58
Rank: Chief
Classification: Career
Incident date: Nov. 26, 2024
Date of death: Nov. 27, 2024
Cause of fatal injury: Stress/Overexertion
Nature of fatal injury: Cardiovascular Event (Heart Attack)
Activity type: Other
Emergency duty: No
Duty type: Other On-Duty
Fixed property use: Educational
The number of on-duty deaths for 2024 currently is 57.
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.”
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