United States Fire Administration
28 April 2025
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Firefighter/EMT Scott Adams, 46, of the Milton-Washington Township Fire Department on 25 April 2025.
At approximately 5:30 p.m. on April 24, 2025, Firefighter/EMT Scott Adams responded to an emergency call for a motor vehicle accident. Afterwards, Firefighter/EMT Adams returned home. The following day, Firefighter/EMT Adams was found unresponsive at his home and pronounced deceased at 12:49 p.m. The cause of death has yet to be determined.
Age: 46
Rank: Firefighter/EMT
Classification: Volunteer
Incident date: Apr. 24, 2025 5:30 PM
Date of death: Apr. 25, 2025
Cause of fatal injury: Unknown
Nature of fatal injury: Unknown
Activity type: Other
Emergency duty: Yes
Duty type: On-Scene Non-Fire
Fixed property use: Street/Road
The number of on-duty deaths for 2025 is currently 28.
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 is courtesy of the Milton-Washington Township Volunteer Fire Department/Facebook.
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