NH Fire History

Thin Red Line

Line of Duty Deaths

Over the years, 125 firefighters have died while in the employ of a New Hampshire fire department. This page lists their names, department, cause of death, and year they left us. Where obituaries or articles exist, they’ve been linked to their name.

Those who died while on shift are denoted by an *.

Name
Rodney Tilton*
Robert Poff*
Thomas E. Gorman*
Charles F. McCoy
George Hidden*
John L. Sanborn*
Amos P. Turner*
Fred S. Morrill
Alfred Gustafson
Bernard B. Barry
Michael E. Kelley*
Arthur Casavant*
Frank W. Tebbetts*
Walter B. Merrill*
Albert Tucker
Peter Savoie*
James Smith*
Louis A. Cote*
Frank H. Harvey*
Charles R. Dodge*
Samuel H. Libby
Richard Cross*
Ernest L. Robbins*
Vernor E. Eastman*
Arthur Ford*
Cornelius W. O’Brien*
William T. Happny
Forrest Martin*
Vernon Tilton*
Earl Wells*
William E. Whitney*
Guy Lewis
Leon Harvey*
Leo Blodgett*
Sylvio Vigneault*
George McCaughney*
Alfred LaPlante*
Milo J. Judkins*
Raymond Duplisse*
Michael Murphy*
Robert Cunningham*
George L. Marcotte
Rosario Doucet*
Charles L. Kimball*
Chester I. Brickett*
Kenneth L. Smith
Ernest LeBlanc*
John O’Malley*
Lyle A. Colby
Hector N. Pellerin
Frank J. Bruton*
Myron N. Felch*
Roland G. Morrissette*
Richard H. Hemeon*
Harold H. Richardson
Francis J. Driscoll*
James T. Pidgeon*
Eugene F. Lehner*
William A. Palmer
Honore Raymond*
Phillip D. Pike*
Lawrence A. Volz
George Grenier*
Russell Robinson*
Emmet R. Buckley
Robert Beccaris*
Edmund G. Gwizdala*
Maurice St. Jacques*
Clarence Philbrick*
David Sullivan*
Steven Cotter*
James A. Taylor*
Burton M. Bowen*
Bruce A. Tarpley*
Lawrence Carbonneau
Marc Bechard*
Maurice H. Benwell*
Edward Gay*
David K. Lumbra*
Earle V. Dudley III*
Loren E. Baker*
Bryan J. Litchfield*
James K. Wetherbee*
David A. Anderson*
Cecil F. Smith*
Mark E. Miller*
Michael J. Bliss*
Christopher R. DeWolf*
David R. Packard
Stephen L. Jones
Richard C. Albelli
Howard E. Mastropiero
Harold F. Frey*
Sarah Fox
Richard J. Schaefer*
Jeff A. Bokum
James B. Clark
Brandon J. Garabrant
Derek Lankowski
Kyle Jameson
Douglas A. Clement
Charles A. Waterbury*
Steven M. Bomba
Thomas W. Range II
Benjamin Tatro
Darin J. Sabine
David M. Lavoie
Jeffrey S. Uhlman
Steven W. Tower
Michael J. Galimberti
Mason P. Murphy
James McNeil
Cyndel S. Donoghue
Jeffrey M. Whitcomb
Shawn Mulcahy
Todd J. Berbue
Terrence M. Judge
Brian E. Flood
Brian S. Murray
Charles Gallant
David J. Flannery
Michael Taggett
Bradley W. Eldridge
James W. Raymond
William Connor

City/Town
Newport
Nashua
Manchester
Manchester
Nashua
Laconia
Concord
Manchester
Manchester
Manchester
Manchester
Manchester
Manchester
Milford
Manchester
Franklin
Dover
Manchester
Manchester
Franklin
Wolfeboro
Hillsborough
Swanzey
Swanzey
Newport
Concord
Concord
Bristol
Bristol
Bristol
Nashua
Nashua
Deerfield
Concord
Nashua
Nashua
Nashua
Laconia
Nashua
Manchester
Franklin
Exeter
Manchester
Salem
Winnisquam
Barnstead
Dover
Manchester
Wolfeboro
Goffstown
Manchester
Seabrook
Chester
Hooksett
Milford
Keene
Manchester
Wolfeboro
Claremont
Nashua
Milton
Newington
Dover
Concord
NH Forestry
Rollinsford
Portsmouth
Franklin
Fremont
Nashua
Concord
Hudson
Barnstead
Amherst
Canterbury
Nashua
Laconia
Brookline
Charlestown
Middleton
Holderness
Hampton
Milford
Manchester
Meredith
Laconia
Speedway Safety
Newington
Swanzey
Barnstead
Raymond
Pelham
Sandown
Portsmouth
Hopkinton
Portsmouth
Bedford
Temple
Lyndeborough
Hampton
New Hampton
Orford
Lincoln
Meredith
Swanzey
Newington
Campton-Thornton
Ashland
Goffstown
Pease Int’l Tradeport
Manchester
Manchester
Webster
NH Fire Academy
Barnstead
Hudson
Pembroke
Somersworth
Atkinson
Rye
Brookline
Meredith
Errol
Bradford
Goffstown

Cause of Death
Trauma
MVA
MVA

Fall
MVA
Collapse

Smoke inhalation
WWI casualty
Explosion
Smoke inhalation
Fall
MVA

Collapse
Explosion
MVA
MVA
MVA

Ladder failure
MVA
MVA
MVA
Medical emergency
Medical emergency
Drowning
Drowning
Drowning
Medical emergency
Medical emergency
Building collapse
Medical emergency
Medical emergency
MVA
MVA
Smoke inhalation
Medical emergency
Smoke inhalation
Electric shock
Medical emergency
Medical emergency
Building collapse
Medical emergency
Building collapse
Medical emergency
MVA
Medical emergency
Medical emergency
Medical emergency
Medical emergency


MVA
Medical emergency
Medical emergency
Medical emergency

Medical emergency
Smoke inhalation
MVA
Smoke inhalation
Medical emergency
MVA
Smoke inhalation
Medical emergency
Medical emergency
Medical emergency
Medical emergency
Medical emergency
MVA
Medical emergency
Medical emergency

Medical emergency
Medical emergency
Medical emergency
Medical emergency
MVA
MVA
Fall
Fall
Medical emergency
MVA
Drowning
MVA
MVA
Medical emergency
Medical emergency
Cancer
Medical emergency
Medical emergency
Cancer
Medical emergency
Cancer
Medical emergency
Military combat
MVA
Cancer
Medical emergency
Medical emergency
MVA
Cancer
Medical emergency
Cancer
Medical emergency

Medical emergency
Cancer
Medical emergency


Medical emergency

MVA
Medical emergency


Medical emergency
Cancer



Cancer

Year
1886 – October 3rd
1895 – February 21st
1896 – December 30th
1908 – February 10th
1909 – May 31st
1913 – August 26th
1914 – July 27th
1914 – September 4th
1916 – February 13th
1918 – October 16th
1919 – March 25th
1920 – February 6th
1920 – March 3rd
1921
1922 – January 19th
1923 – February 13th
1925 – February 8th
1927 – July 30th
1927 – July 30th
1928 – September 26th
1929 – October 7th
1935 – February 16th
1935 – July 19th
1935 – July 19th
1938 – November 3rd
1942 – March 5th
1943 – November 21st
1940 – August 5th
1940 – August 5th
1940 – August 5th
1940- October 17th
1944 – July 3rd
1947 – December 10th
1948 – December 24th
1948 – August 24th
1949 – January 13th
1949 – January 13th
1949 – November 12th
1950- May 1st
1951 – February 14th
1952 – March 10th
1952 – May 28th
1954 – December 6th
1954 – July 19th
1954 – January 15th
1957 – December 2nd
1959 – February 14th
1960 – July 5th
1960- December 12th
1962 – April 10th
1962 – October 15th
1963 – October 16th
1965
1965 – January 4th
1965 – Mary 23rd
1965 – December 5th
1968 – December 19th
1969 – January 29th
1970 – March 3rd
1971 – March 8th
1971 – March 29th
1971 – November 1st
1972 – October 14th
1973 – September 27th
1974 – December 3rd
1974 – December 18th
1975 – January 21st
1975 – August 13th
1976 – August 17th
1978 – November 27th
1979 – June 18th
1981 – July 27th
1985 – October 4th
1987 – September 28th
1987 – June 7th
1987 – March 16th
1987 – May 5th
1988 – March 13th
1992 – August 9th
1992 – September 22nd
1993 – April 15th
1993 – August 22nd
1995 – April 30th
2000 – December 23rd
2001 – January 28th
2004 – March 11th
2004 – August 6th
2005 – January 6th
2006 – January 11th
2006 – December 29th
2007
2008 – July 16th
2011 – January 16th
2011 – December 9th
2012 – September 2nd
2012 – May 30th
2013 – April 11th
2014 – June 20th
2016 – March 29th
2016 – February 14th
2016 – June 14th
2016 – July 24th
2016 – August 19th
2017 – February 27th
2018 – May 26th
2019 – September 7th
2019 – November 9th
2020 – April 30th
2020- August 31st
2020 – January 23rd
2020 – February 16th
2020 – October 20th
2021 – March 21st
2021 – October 2nd
2022 – July 9th
2023 – January 9th
2023 – March 22nd
2023 – June 25th
2023 – July 30th
2023 – December 15th
2023 – December 20th
2023 – December 29th
2024 – January 17th
2024 – April 14th
2024 – September 12th