United States Fire Administration
27 January 2025
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Captain Adam “Pugsley” J. Kuspa, 41, of the Elkhart Fire Department on 6 January 2025.
On Saturday, October 26, 2024, Captain Adam “Pugsley” J. Kuspa was performing training at a movie theatre that was getting torn down. He stepped out of the ladder bucket and hurt his knee. He had surgery in December 2024 and was recuperating at home and attending physical therapy. On Monday, January 6, 2025, a blood clot broke loose in his leg and he suffered a massive pulmonary embolism and passed away.
Age: 41
Rank: Captain
Classification: Career
Incident date: Oct. 26, 2024 9:30 AM
Date of death: Jan. 6, 2025
Cause of fatal injury: Other
Nature of fatal injury: Trauma
Activity type: Other
Emergency duty: No
Duty type: Training
Fixed property use: Vacant Property
The number of on-duty deaths for 2025 currently is 2.
Go here to read the number of interior line of duty deaths for 2025.
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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