United States Fire Administration
19 February 2025
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Firefighter Steve Weikle, 70, of Boiling Springs Fire and Rescue Inc., on 13 February 2025.
On February 13, 2025, Firefighter Steve Weikle responded with the Boiling Springs Fire and Rescue to a report of a collapsed barn with a trapped animal. After freeing the animal and within 24 hours of this response, Firefighter Weikle was found outside of his home in cardiac arrest. Emergency medical services were called to the scene where Firefighter Weikle was pronounced deceased.
Age: 70
Rank: Firefigher
Classification: Volunteer
Incident date: Feb. 13, 2025 8:25 PM
Date of death: Feb. 13, 2025
Cause of fatal injury: Stress/Overexertion
Nature of fatal injury: Cardiovascular Event/Heart Attack
Activity type: Search and Rescue
Emergency duty: Yes
Duty type: On-Scene Non-Fire
Fixed property use: Storage
The number of on-duty deaths for 2025 currently is 11.
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.”
Photograph courtesy of the Boiling Springs Fire and Rescue/Facebook.
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