United States Fire Administration
3 December 2025
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Firefighter Julius Snyder, 55, of the Camden Fire Department on 27 October 2025.
Firefighter Julius Snyder responded to eight emergency calls while working a 24-hour shift from January 31, 2020, to February 1, 2020. Shortly after his shift ended, Firefighter Snyder suffered a medical emergency. He was taken to a local hospital and subsequently transferred to a regional medical center for emergency surgery. After suffering prolonged complications from the medical emergency he suffered in 2020, Firefighter Snyder passed away on October 27, 2025.
Age: 55
Rank: Firefighter
Classification: Career
Incident date: Feb. 1, 2020
Date of death: Oct. 27, 2025
Cause of fatal injury: Stress/Overexertion
Nature of fatal injury: Unknown
Activity type: Unknown
Emergency duty: Yes
Duty type: On-Scene Non-Fire
Fixed property use: Outdoor Property
The number of on-duty deaths for 2025 is currently 72.
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 Boyd Funeral Services.
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