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2003 Notices of Line of Duty Death

Flight Nurse Kelly Bates
Age:38
Date of Death:December 23, 2003
Date of Funeral:TBA
Agency:Reach Air Ambulance, Santa Rosa, CA
Cause of Death:Aero-medical aviation accident
 
Flight Nurse Diane Codding
Age:36
Date of Death:December 23, 2003
Date of Funeral:TBA
Agency:Reach Air Ambulance, Santa Rosa, CA
Cause of Death:Aero-medical aviation accident
 
Pilot Art Gotisar
Age:48
Date of Death:December 23, 2003
Date of Funeral:TBA
Agency:Reach Air Ambulance, Santa Rosa, CA
Cause of Death:Aero-medical aviation accident
 
CFR Dixie Steckelberg
Age:60
Date of Death:December 18, 2003
Date of Funeral:December 20, 2003
Agency:Lovilia Fire Dept, Lovilia, IA
Cause of Death:Probable MI while working at the scene of a motor vehicle crash
 
EMT-I Marjory C. Brooks
Age:73
Date of Death:August 25, 2003
Date of Funeral:TBA
Agency:Barton Ambulance Squad, Inc., Barton, VT
Cause of Death:MVA Responding to a call
 
EMT Randy Neal Jones
Age:23
Date of Death:July 28, 2003
Date of Funeral:TBA
Agency:Iredell County Rescue, Statesville, NC
Cause of Death:MVA Responding to a call
 
Paramedic Robert Gilmore
Age:60
Date of Death:July 5, 2003
Date of Funeral:July 9, 2003
Agency:Polk County EMS, Bartow, FL
Cause of Death:Stroke
 
Paramedic Billie Cobb
Age:33
Date of Death:June 15, 2003
Date of Funeral:June 22, 2003
Agency:Gerald Area Ambulance District, Gerald, MO
Cause of Death:MVC while responding to call
 
EMT-Student Deborah Toler
Age:38
Date of Death:June 12, 2003
Date of Funeral:TBA
Agency:Central Texas College EMT Program, Killeen TX
Cause of Death:Struck at scene of MVC
 
Pilot Brent F. Cowley
Age:49
Date of Death:June 7, 2003
Date of Funeral:June 12, 2003
Agency:Life Flight - LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT
Cause of Death:Aero-medical aviation accident
 
EMT-D Merlin Casey
Age:66
Date of Death:May 10, 2003
Date of Funeral:May 15, 2003
Agency:Mount Horeb Volunteer Fire Dept/EMS, Mount Horeb, WI
Cause of Death:Cardiac Arrest
 
Pilot Michael F. Russell
Age:52
Date of Death:January 28, 2003
Date of Funeral: 
Agency:Air Angels, Inc., West Chicago, IL
Cause of Death:EMS Helicopter Crash
 
Flight Paramedic Chuck Jerpe
Age:47
Date of Death:January 27, 2003
Date of Funeral:February 4, 2003
Agency:Mountain Lifeflight, Susanville, CA
Cause of Death:Injuries resulting from a rotor wing crash
 
EMT-I James E. Taylor
Age:28
Date of Death:January 19, 2003
Date of Funeral:January 22, 2003
Agency:Bonham Fire Department , Bonham, TX
Cause of Death:Involved in an MVA while responding to the scene of an accident


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The posting of a Notice of Line of Duty Death is for notification purposes only. Eligibility for inclusion in the National EMS Memorial Service requires that NEMSMS Criteria is met and that a Nomination Form be completed and submitted to the Service.