United States Fire Administration
6 January 2025
EARLIER: Mass. Firefighter Suffers Cardiac Arrest During Response
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Firefighter Jeffrey W. Albanese, 48, of the Brockton Fire Department on 21 December 2024.
On Monday, December 9, 2024, Firefighter Jeffrey W. Albanese was responding to a still alarm when he suffered a cardiovascular event. He was immediately transported to Signature Brockton Hospital. He was later transferred to Beth Israel Deaconess in Boston where he passed away on Saturday, December 21, 2024.
Age: 49
Rank: Firefighter
Classification: Career
Incident date: Dec. 9, 2024 2:30 PM
Date of death: Dec. 21, 2024
Cause of fatal injury: Stress/Overexertion
Nature of fatal injury: Cardiovascular Event (Heart Attack)
Activity type: Responding
Emergency duty: Yes
Duty type: Other On-Duty
Fixed property use: Residential
The number of on-duty deaths for 2024 currently is 62.
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 NBC10 Boston.
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