United States Fire Administration
21 July 2025
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Firefighter Jonathan Ashworth, 23, of Beauregard Parish Fire District 4 on 15 July 2025.
Firefighter Jonathan Ashworth was responding to an emergency medical call at approximately 3:35 a.m. on July 15, 2025, when his personal vehicle left the roadway and crashed. He was fatally injured in the crash and pronounced deceased at the scene.
Age: 23
Rank: Firefighter/Operator
Classification: Volunteer
Incident date: July 15, 2025 3:35 AM
Date of death: July 15, 2025
Cause of fatal injury: Vehicle Collision – Includes Aircraft
Nature of fatal injury: Trauma
Activity type: Driving/Riding Personal Vehicle
Emergency duty: Yes
Duty type: Responding
Fixed property use: Street/Road
The number of on-duty deaths for 2025 is currently 46.
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.”
Photo courtesy of Beauregard Parish Fire District 4/Facebook.
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