Kansas Fallen Firefighters
The following are the names of firefighters in Kansas who have
died in the line-of-duty
-2010-
John Glaser
Shawnee Fire Department - May 22, 2010
Chief Jon Siemers
Clay Center Fire Department - February 21, 2010
Chief Stanley Giles
Linn Valley Fire Department - February 10, 2010
Urban Eck
Wichita Fire Department - January 2, 2010
-2009-
Lyle Lewis
Osborne County Fire District #3/Alton - June 16, 2009
-2007-
Stan Engdahl
McPherson County Fire District #2 - November 12, 2007
Michael J. Tluscik
Kansas City Kansas Fire Department - November 21, 2007
Bryon Johnson
Sedgwick County Fire Department - September 24, 2007
Anthony 'Tony' Cox
Topeka Fire Department - August 13, 2007
Brandon
Daley
Butler County Fire District #3 - May 11, 2007
-2006-
Jason Allen Johnson
Butler County Fire District #3 - January 14, 2006
-2005-
Edwin E.
King
Reno County Fire District #7 - September 21, 2005
Bruce
Sternberger
Hardtner/Elwood Fire Department - June 10, 2005
-2004-
Cordell French
Towanda Fire Department - August 28, 2004
Donald H.
Kersting
Wichita Fire Department - November 15, 2004
Jared Moore
Fairmount Township Fire Department - December 29, 2004
-2003-
Gary D. Boyert
Kansas City Kansas Fire Department - November 17, 2003
-2002-
Mark David
Mansfield
Overland Park Fire Department - April 6, 2002
Earl M.
Hemphill
Russell Fire Department - April 11, 2002
-2000-
Lyndell Joe Smith
Caldwell Volunteer Fire Department - June 1, 2000
-1998-
Norman Neal
Almond
Parsons Fire Department - November 24, 1998
Craig Daniel
Brown
Parsons Fire Department - November 24, 1998
-1996-
Norman Adams
Almena Volunteer Fire Department - April 8, 1996
-1995-
Donald Charles
Koebel
Johnson County Consolidated Fire District #2 - March 8, 1995
Gary E. Soupene
Riley County Fire Department - July 10, 1995
-1993-
Guy E. Post
Bourbon County Fire District #3
-1992-
Wilbert L. Dyer
Jefferson County #1 Valley Falls Fire Department
Arthur L. Pearson
Ogden Fire Department
Wayne E. Walker
Kansas City Kansas Fire Department - June 8, 1992
Cause of death: Acute Myocardial Infarction
Age: 41
-1991-
Frank L. Butler
Marysville Fire Department
Raymond Hazuka
Wakeeney Fire Department - September 16, 1991
Died while fighting a structure fire
Age: 55
Robert L. Seward
Florence Fire Department - January 9, 1991
Heart attack while responding to a call.
Age: 63
-1990-
Todd David Colton
Sedgwick County Fire Department - September 6, 1990
Cause of Death: Heat Stroke
Age: 25
-1989-
David A. Scheidegger
Ft. Leavenworth Fire Department
-1988-
Claud C. Killingsworth
Wichita Fire Department - December 31, 1988
Lost life when he was trapped inside a house at 3749 N. Meridian.
Marvin Donald Wilcox
Consolidated Fire District #2 Johnson County - July 22, 1988
-1987-
Warren L. Howland
Riley County Fire Department - May 25, 1987
Heart attack while driving fire truck to a fire.
Kevin E. Prichard
Butler-Douglas County Fire District #8 - November 4, 1987
-1986-
Mark Milton Blair
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical - July 17, 1986
Richard D. Harbour
Topeka Fire Department - July 7, 1986
Heart attack at fire station while on duty.
-1985-
Jean R. Charles
Altamont/Mt. Pleasant Fire Department - September 7, 1985
Leland F. Jones
Edwardsville Fire Department - August 7, 1985
-1984-
David A. Ball
Cloud County Rural District #4
-1983-
Lester D. Shaw
Claflin Fire District #1
-1982-
William E. Duncan
Topeka-Tecumseh Fire Department - February 28, 1982
Dief from a ruptured abdominal aneurysm caused by falling on the ice
with a SCBA bottle.
-1981-
Paul D. Glahn
McPherson Fire Department
-1979-
Adrian D. Montgomery
Wichita Fire Department - February 9, 1979
Lost life when he was trapped inside a house fire at 1202 N.
Emporia.
-1976-
Howard Lour
Neodesha Fire Department - July 7, 1976
Assistant Chief Howard Lour died July 7, 1976 while driving engine 4
to a house fire. Howard died of a heart attack. A monument was
placed in front of the Neodesha Fire Station in October of 1998 with
his name on it.
Gary Hunter
Reno-Harvey Joint #2 Fire Department - March 26, 1976
-1975-
William J. Bingham
Olathe Fire Department - May 20, 1975
Captain Bingham died while diving at Olathe Lake during a body
recovery from an earlier drowning.
Bernard Eberth
Fairmount Township Fire Department - August 5, 1975
-1973-
Gerald Lloyd
Sedgwick County Fire Department - June 13, 1973
-1971-
Thomas Dean Cox
Ford County Fire Department - May 14, 1971
-1969-
Larry Lee Riggs
Wakarusa Township Fire Department - March 19, 1969
-1968-
Tom A. McGaughey
Wichita Fire Department - November 21, 1968
Lost life when ceiling collapsed at the Yingling Chevrolet fire at
English and Topeka.
Merle O. Wells
Wichita Fire Department - November 21, 1968
Lost life when ceiling collapsed at the Yingling Chevrolet fire at
English and Topeka.
Jimmy L. Austin
Wichita Fire Department - November 21, 1968
Lost life when ceiling collapsed at the Yingling Chevrolet fire at
English and Topeka.
Dale J. Mishler
Wichita Fire Department - November 21, 1968
Lost life when ceiling collapsed at the Yingling Chevrolet fire at
English and Topeka.
-1967-
Carroll Ferguson
Decatur County Fire Department - June 19, 1967
Carroll Ferguson was killed at a house fire in rural Decatur County
when a chimney collapsed on him. He left a wife and 4 small children
surviving him.
-1966-
Earl 'Stoney' Stauffer
Valley Center Fire Department - July 27, 1966
-1965-
Gary Lee Barrow
Wichita Fire Department - June 2, 1965
Lost life from an explosion and fire at the Red Bud Supermarket at
Grove and 21st Street.
Walter Miroslaw
Kansas City Kansas Fire Department - December 7, 1965
-1962-
William F. Reynolds
Kansas City Kansas Fire Department - April 23, 1962
-1961-
Terry M. DesCarpenter
El Dorado Fire Department - July 22, 1961
-1959-
Earl S. Roberts
Winfield Fire Department - January 29, 1959
-1955-
William J. Scott Sr.
Pittsburg Fire Department - February 7, 1955
-1954-
Earnest R. Prather
Olathe Fire Department - January 21, 1954
Assistant Chief Earnest Prather died January 21, 1954 at a house
fire. He volunteered for 47 years.
-1951-
James M. York
Kansas City Kansas Fire Department - January 21, 1951
-1950-
Gerald Lee Esely
Winfield Fire Department - November 2, 1950
-1949-
William L. Kinion
McPherson Fire Department - April 2, 1949
-1946-
Ed Baer
Newton Fire Department - May 23, 1946
-1944-
Gail F. Braden
Wichita Fire Department - April 6, 1944
Lost life when he was shot while making a fire inspection.
-1943-
Keith Fulton
Wichita Fire Department - November 18, 1943
Lost life when he was electrocuted while fighting a fire at Third
and Topeka.
Clint Grovsener
Wichita Fire Department - November 18, 1943
Lost life when he was electrocuted while fighting a fire at Third
and Topeka.
-1939-
John W. Feldheger
Leavenworth Fire Department - February 15, 1939
Arthur H. Connell
Leavenworth Fire Department - February 16, 1939
Forest Rabon
Kansas City Kansas Fire Department - August 28, 1939
-1932-
Alfred 'Dub' Phillips
Olathe Fire Department - May 1, 1932
Alfred Phillips died May 1, 1932 when the 1925 Pirsch fire engine he
was driving rolled over onto him following a wreck on the way to a
house fire.
Charles Raymond Craig
Salina Fire Department - December 31, 1932
Charles Raymond Craig was 44 years old and died of an apparent heart
attack while working at a house fire on December 31, 1932. Mr. Craig
was married and had 2 children. He had been a member of the Salina
Fire Department for 16 years.
-1927-
Tom Sladek
Wichita Fire Department - April 27, 1927
Lost life when he fell from his engine while responding to a fire.
-1925-
Charles A. Messer
Wichita Fire Department - Aparil 25, 1925
Lost life from burns received at the Golden Rule Refinery fire.
Toni Kos
Hanover Fire Company - January 8, 1925
-1923-
Grover Berry
Kansas City Kansas Fire Department - March 30, 1923
-1920-
Theodore Jones
Kansas City Kansas Fire Department - November 17, 1920
-1919-
Clyde Jones and Ora Moore
Coffeyville Fire Department
Stephen H. Tourtillot
Hays Fire Department - November 17, 1919
Nicholas Arnold
Hays Fire Department - November 17, 1919
-1918-
Glenn Dale
Kansas City Kansas Fire Department - August 7, 1918
John Conaty
Kansas City Kansas Fire Department - 1918
-1917-
Frank Hill
Kansas City Kansas Fire Department - May 16, 1917
John C. Callahan
Kansas City Kansas Fire Department - May 19, 1917
-1912-
Fred Brodbeck
Salina Fire Department - October 5, 1912
Chief Fred Brodbeck suffered a compound fracture of his leg after
his fire chief's car crashed enroute to a fire. He died a week later
at the hospital. Chief Brodbeck was also the first fire chief for
the Salina Fire Department.
-1911-
W. C. McFall
Wichita Fire Department - September 27, 1911
Lost life when he was crushed by a collapsing wall while fighting
fire on East Douglas.
Vann Hackett
Fort Scott Fire Department - May 2, 1911
Driver Vann Hackett was brushed under a falling brick wall at a
two-story brick Power House, he died at the Mercy Hospital at 0140.
Chief Ausman and fireman Liblee, who was with him, was injured.
-1910-
Alfred Mebus
Kansas City Kansas Fire Department - August 1, 1910
-1896-
Andy McDonald
Kansas City Kansas Fire Department - August 10, 1896
-1887-
George Tompkins
Wichita Fire Department - March 30, 1887
Lost life responding to a fire when a hose cart turned over onto
him.
-Unknown Date of Death-
Robert Hamilton
Kansas City Kansas Fire Department
Richard Fee
Kansas City Kansas Fire Department
Walter Laverick
Kansas City Kansas Fire Department
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