United States Administration
27 May 2025
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Emergency Vehicle Driver Charles Mudra, 53, of the Baltimore City Fire Department on 16 May 2025.
Emergency Vehicle Driver Charles Mudra suffered a catastrophic medical emergency in between a skills assessment session he was participating in at the Baltimore City Fire Department training academy. Immediate advanced life support measures were administered on scene and Emergency Vehicle Driver Mudra was transported to a hospital where, despite all efforts, he was pronounced deceased. The cause of death has not yet been determined.
Age: 53
Rank: Emergency Vehicle Driver
Classification: Career
Incident date: May 16, 2025 10:00 AM
Date of death: May 16, 2025
Cause of fatal injury: Unknown
Nature of fatal injury: Unknown
Activity type: Other
Emergency duty: No
Duty type: Training
Fixed property use: N/A
The number of on-duty deaths for 2025 is currently 34.
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 Baltimore City Fire Department/Facebook.
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