United States Fire Administration
28 January 2025
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Firefighter William “Bill” Nix, 72, of the Thomasville Volunteer Fire Department on 16 January 2025.
On Thursday, January 16, 2025, Thomasville Volunteer Fire Department personnel were responding to a residential fire. Firefighter William “Bill” Nix was riding in the front seat of an engine, when it ran off the right side of the roadway and overcorrected before traveling off the left side of the roadway, striking a ditch and overturning. Firefighter Nix was pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver was transported to a Memphis hospital with serious injuries.
Age: 72
Rank: Firefighter
Classification: Volunteer
Incident date: Jan. 16, 2025 5:26 PM
Date of death: Jan. 16, 2025
Cause of fatal injury: Vehicle Collision – Includes Aircraft
Nature of fatal injury: Trauma
Activity type: Riding Vehicle/Apparatus
Emergency duty: Yes
Duty type: Responding
Fixed property use: Residential
The number of on-duty deaths for 2025 currently is 5.
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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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