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2005 Notices of Line of Duty Death

EMT-D Felix Hernandez
Age:31
Date of Death:October 23, 2005
Date of Funeral:October 28, 2005
Agency:FDNY-EMS, NEW YORK, NY
Cause of Death:Complication of injuries atributed to operating at WTC collapse on 09/11/01
 
Flight Nurse Erin Reed
Age:48
Date of Death:September 29, 2005
Date of Funeral:TBA
Agency:Airlift Northwest, Seattle, WA
Cause of Death:Emergency Medical Aviation Accident
 
Pilot Steve Smith
Age:59
Date of Death:September 29, 2005
Date of Funeral:TBA
Agency:Airlift Northwest, Seattle, WA
Cause of Death:Emergency Medical Aviation Accident
 
Flight Nurse Lois Suzuki
Age:47
Date of Death:September 29, 2005
Date of Funeral:TBA
Agency:Airlift Northwest, Seattle, WA
Cause of Death:Emergency Medical Aviation Accident
 
EMT Rick Seiner
Age:53
Date of Death:September 2, 2005
Date of Funeral:September 6, 2005
Agency:Citizens Memorial Hospital, Boliver, MO
Cause of Death:Struck by vehicle while on scene
 
EMT Tommy Allred
Age:26
Date of Death:August 17, 2005
Date of Funeral:August 20, 2005
Agency:American Ambulance, Cullman, AL
Cause of Death:Ambulance / Train Collison
 
Paramedic Chastity Miller
Age:29
Date of Death:August 17, 2005
Date of Funeral:August 21, 2005
Agency:American Ambulance, Cullman, AL
Cause of Death:Ambulance / Train Collison
 
EMT-D Timothy Keller
Age:41
Date of Death:June 23, 2005
Date of Funeral:June 30, 2005
Agency:FDNY-EMS, New York, NY
Cause of Death:Complication of injuries atributed to operating at WTC collapse 9/11/2001
 
EMT-Student Courtney Hilton
Age:23
Date of Death:June 4, 2005
Date of Funeral:TBA
Agency:Highlands Ambulance Service, Lebanon, VA
Cause of Death:Electrocution from Defibrillator
 
CFR Steven Allen Stonelake
Age:20
Date of Death:May 16, 2005
Date of Funeral:May 19, 2005
Agency:Saint Clair Veterans Memorial Ambulance, Saint Clair, PA
Cause of Death:Injuries sustained in an MVC while on duty
 
EMT Heidi Behr
Age:23
Date of Death:May 3, 2005
Date of Funeral:TBA
Agency:Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance, Riverhead, NY
Cause of Death:Ambulance involved motor vehicle collision
 
Paramedic William Stone
Age:30
Date of Death:May 3, 2005
Date of Funeral:TBA
Agency:Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance, Riverhead, NY
Cause of Death:Ambulance involved motor vehicle collision
 
Paramedic Christopher Clingan
Age:23
Date of Death:February 19, 2005
Date of Funeral:February 23, 2005
Agency:Pafford EMS, Hope, AR
Cause of Death:Ambulance/Train Collision
 
EMT Jeffrey Scott Ferrnad
Age:37
Date of Death:February 19, 2005
Date of Funeral:February 22, 2005
Agency:Pafford EMS, Hope, AR
Cause of Death:Ambulance/Train Collision
 
EMT John Jeffrey "Jay" Rook
Age:23
Date of Death:February 19, 2005
Date of Funeral:February 22, 2005
Agency:Pafford EMS, Hope, AR
Cause of Death:Ambulance/Train Collision
 
Pilot Tim Benway
Age:35
Date of Death:January 11, 2005
Date of Funeral:January 22, 2005
Agency:Yampa Valley Air Ambulance, Steamboat Springs, CO
Cause of Death:Areomedical Aviation Accident
 
Flight Nurse and Director David B. Linner II
Age:36
Date of Death:January 11, 2005
Date of Funeral:January 17, 2005
Agency:Yampa Valley Air Ambulance, Steamboat Springs, CO
Cause of Death:Areomedical Aviation Accident
 
Flight Nurse Jennifer Wells
Age:30
Date of Death:January 11, 2005
Date of Funeral:January 17, 2005
Agency:Yampa Valley Air Ambulance, Steamboat Springs, CO
Cause of Death:Areomedical Aviation Accident
 
Flight Paramedic Nicole Kielar
Age:29
Date of Death:January 10, 2005
Date of Funeral:January 17, 2005
Agency:LifeEvac of Virginia, Richmond and Stafford, Virginia, VA
Cause of Death:Crash of LifeEvac II in Northern Virginia
 
Pilot Joseph Schaefer
Age:56
Date of Death:January 10, 2005
Date of Funeral:TBA
Agency:LifeEvac of Virginia, Richmond and Stafford, Virginia, VA
Cause of Death:Crash of LifeEvac II in Northern Virginia
 
EMT Terry Pearson
Age:48
Date of Death:January 4, 2005
Date of Funeral:TBA
Agency:Roseau Area Hospital Ambulance, Roseau, MN
Cause of Death:Ambulance Crash


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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.