United States Fire Administration
20 August 2025
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Captain Christopher Brown, 42, of Northwood Fire Rescue on 19 August 2025.
On the evening of August 18, 2025, Captain Christopher Brown participated in forcible entry training with Northwood Fire Rescue. At 3:12 p.m. on August 19, 2025, Captain Brown called the fire station to report that he was in severe back pain and requested an ambulance. Captain Brown was transported to a local hospital where his condition worsened rapidly. Although CPR and other lifesaving measures were initiated, Captain Brown was pronounced deceased. The cause of death has yet to be determined.
Age: 42
Rank: Captain
Classification: Paid-on-Call
Incident date: Aug. 18, 2025 7:00 PM
Date of death: Aug. 19, 2025
Cause of fatal injury: Unknown
Nature of fatal injury: Unknown
Activity type: Forcible Entry
Emergency duty: No
Duty type: Training
Fixed property use: N/A
The number of on-duty deaths for 2025 is currently 53.
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 Northwood Fire Rescue/Facebook.
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