February 17: Lieutenant Clint Talley, 27, of the Ashton (IL) Fire Protection District, was trapped and killed while fighting a fire in the basement of a ranch-style house.
February 17: Firefighter Mike McKean, 32, of the Ashton (IL) Fire Protection District, was trapped and killed while fighting a fire in the basement of a ranch-style house.
February 18: Firefighter Barry Wollman, 53, of the Eagleville Fire Department, Storrs Mansfield, Connecticut, died of an apparent heart attack while parking a vehicle in the fire station bay within minutes of returning to the station from a fire at a nearby mall.
February 19: Chief Engineer Donald L. Nester, 56, of the Amity Fire Company, Douglassville, Pennsylvania, died of injuries he sustained from a fall down a flight of stairs while working at the fire station.
February 19: Firefighter James Isberner, 60, of the Montello (WI) Fire Department, died of an apparent heart attack while assisting with a hoseline on the exterior of a burning residential structure.
February 19: Firefighter Lloyd E. Curtis, 75, of the Vestal (NY) Fire Department, collapsed from an apparent heart attack while riding inside a fire vehicle en route to an activated fire alarm at a nursing home. He died at the hospital a short time later.
February 26: Assistant Chief Dana R. Johnson, 46, of the Grantsburg (WI) Fire Association, died from injuries sustained in a wall collapse while fighting a fire at a restaurant.
March 6: Assistant Chief Chris Kobierowski, 41, of the Delta Junction City (AK) Fire Department, died of injuries sustained in a traffic accident while responding to a structure fire.
March 10: Firefighter Gerald W. Fields, 63, of the Dallas (TX) Fire Department, died of an apparent heart attack while on-duty at the fire station.
March 14: Firefighter Bret Tarver, 41, of the Phoenix (AZ) Fire Department, died of burns and smoke inhalation while working a fire inside a shopping center supermarket.
March 16: Firefighter Robert J. Winner, 54, of the Parrysville Volunteer Fire Department, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, died of a heart attack while operating a pumper at a residential fire.
March 17: Captain Jay Shaffer, 47, of the Larkspur (CO) Fire Protection District, died of an apparent heart attack as he was completing the three-mile pack test for 2001 wildfire certification.
March 18: Firefighter J. David Mullaney, 36, of the Sac-Osage Fire Protection District, Osceola, Missouri, died as a result of a flashover that occurred while he was fighting a house fire.
March 18: Firefighter E. Frank Whitby, 39, of the Sac-Osage Fire Protection District, Osceola, Missouri, died as a result of a flashover that occurred while he was fighting a house fire.
March 20: Firefighter William Ellison III, 38, of the Miami Township Fire Department-Hamilton County, Cleves, Ohio, died of burns sustained in a residential fire on March 8. He was searching for a victim reported to be trapped in the burning house when the first floor collapsed, causing him to fall into the basement.
March 25: Firefighter Jim Heenan, 37, of the Verga (NJ) Fire and Rescue Company, died of injuries sustained while fighting a house fire on January 1, 2001. The floor collapsed beneath him while he was searching for victims.
Source: National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Database, United States Fire Administration.
