Individual Firefighter Fatality Investigation Reports

Information about all firefighter fatalities investigated by SFMO can be found in each year’s annual report. The individual reports below represent operations-related investigations. If you would like to view a report that is not listed on this page, please send a request through our open records office.

Individual firefighter fatality investigation reports
Date of Death	Name	Fire Department	Fatality Type
June 10, 2018	Firefighter Andy Loller	Weatherford Fire Department	Fireground Operations
March 23, 2018	Firefighter Larry Marusik	Ellinger Volunteer Fire Department	Fireground Operations
December 13, 2017	Captain Daryl "Dene" Barber	Brazoria Volunteer Fire Department	Medical condition
December 7, 2017	Firefighter Charles Patterson	Bowie Rural Volunteer Fire Department	Medical condition
August 2, 2017	Assistant Fire Chief Jarrell "Jay" B. Hinkie	Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department	Motor Vehicle Incident
May 18, 2017	Firefighter Scott Deem	San Antonio Fire Department	Fireground Operations
March 31, 2016	Firefighter Cadet Steven Whitfield	Houston FD	Medical Condition
August 23, 2015	Firefighter Jason Anderson	Katy FD	On-Duty Incident
July 9, 2014	Firefighter Daniel Groover	Houston FD	Fireground Operations
February 10, 2014	Firefighter William Scott Tanksley	Dallas Fire-Rescue	On-Duty Incident
May 31, 2013	Captain Matthew Renaud, E/O Robert Bebee, Firefighter Robert Garner, Firefighter Anne Sullivan	Houston FD	Fireground Operations
May 20, 2013	Firefighter Stanley Wilson	Dallas Fire-Rescue	Fireground Operations
April 17, 2013	Firefighters Morris Bridges, Perry Calvin, Jerry Dane Chapman, Cody Dragoo, Joseph Pustejovsky, Cyrus Reed, Kevin Sanders, Douglas Snokhous, Robert Snokhous, and Captain Kenneth Harris	Abbott VFD, Bruceville-Eddy VFD, Dallas Fire-Rescue, Mertens VFD, Navarro Mills VFD, and West VFD	Fireground Operations
February 15, 2013	Lts. Eric Wallace and Gregory Pickard	Bryan FD	Fireground Operations
August 14, 2011	Lt. Todd Krodle	Dallas Fire-Rescue	Fireground Operations
July 7, 2011	Firefighter Caleb Hamm	Bureau of Land Management	Fireground Operations
April 15, 2011	Firefighter Gregory Simmons	Eastland FD	Fireground Operations
April 9, 2011	Firefighter Elias Jaquez	Cactus VFD	Fireground Operations
July 3, 2010	Captain Thomas Araguz	Wharton VFD	Fireground Operations
April 12, 2009	Captain James A. Harlow, Sr., and Firefighter Damion J. Hobbs	Houston FD	Fireground Operations
July 5, 2008	Chief Robert Leland Knight	Teague VFD	Fireground Operations
August 3, 2007	Kevin Williams, Austin Cheek	Noonday VFD	Fireground Operations
December 30, 2006	Phillip Townsend	Denison FD	Fireground Operations
February 19, 2005	Captain Grady Burke	Houston FD	Fireground Operations
December 20, 2004	Nito Guajardo	Baytown FD	Fireground Operations
April 4, 2004	Kevin Kulow	Houston FD	Fireground Operations
January 19, 2003	Gary L. Staley	Porter VFD	Fireground Operations
February 11, 2002	Vincent Davis	Dallas Fire-Rescue	Fireground Operations
October 13, 2001	Captain Jay Jahnke	Houston FD	Fireground Operations