United States Fire Administration
8 April 2025
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Firefighter Chevy Gall, 16, of the Beaufort-Leslie Fire Protection District on 4 April 2025.
On April 4, 2025, Firefighter Chevy Gall was involved in a motor vehicle crash while responding to a reported water rescue in his personal vehicle. Firefighter Gall sustained critical injuries and was transported to Mercy Washington Hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
Age: 16
Rank: Firefighter
Classification: Volunteer
Incident date: Apr. 4, 2025 4:15 PM
Date of death: Apr. 4, 2025
Cause of fatal injury: Vehicle Collision – Includes Aircraft
Nature of fatal injury: Trauma
Activity type: Driving/Operating Vehicle/Apparatus
Emergency duty: Yes
Duty type: Responding
Fixed property use: Outdoor Property
The number of on-duty deaths for 2025 currently is 20.
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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