Stanley W. Schnabel, Firefighter Paramedic (LODD)
Firefigthter Paramedic Schnabel, age 29, sustained fatal injuries in the line of duty while engaged in an interior fire attack at the National Lumber Yard fire in Bellflower April 24, 1972.
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George A. Thomas, Firefighter Specialist (LODD)
Firefighter Specialist Thomas passed away in August 23, 1968, at the age of 36. Specialist Thomas sustained fatal injuries, along with with seven other members of Crew 4-4, while fighting the Canyon Fire near Azusa.
Philip B. Goodell, Captain (LODD)
On June 21, 1968, Fire Captain Phil Goodell of the Los Angeles County Fire Department was assigned to the “Liebre Fire” burning in the Castaic area of Los Angeles County, California. When flames overran Engine 382 on a power-line access road, the crew took shelter beneath the apparatus. Captain Goodell stood between them and the […]
Clyde V. Sherrill, Firefighter
Firefighter Sherrill passed away on January 1, 1964.
Glenn E. Rockey, Captain (LODD)
On September 2, 1955, Los Angeles County Fire Captain Glenn E. Rockey lost his life during the Hacienda Fire while trying to save his crew from an unexpected and deadly wind-driven flare-up. Captain Rockey was leading twelve young men from Probation Forestry Camp 5-1 when the fire rapidly intensified. Without hesitation, he attacked the flames […]
Cecil Gehr, Fire Chief (LODD)
Line of Duty Death Cecil Gehr, Chief of the Los Angeles County Fire Department, was fatally injured in a vehicle accident on January 1, 1953, while responding to the Gold Fire, a brush fire in the Angeles National Forest near Little Tujunga Canyon, California. Chief Gehr was the third Fire Chief in the department’s history […]
Edward J. Duffy, Construction Suppression Operator (LODD)
Construction Suppression Operator Edward Duffy tragically sustained fatal burn injuries in the line of duty on August 5, 1947, while engaged in fire suppression efforts on the Bryant Canyon Fire in Big Tujunga Canyon.
Robert Combs, Firefighter (LODD)
Firefighter Combs passed away after sustaining fatal injuries on a structure fire on August 31, 1942.
Bert F. Hancock, Firefighter (LODD)
Bert F. Hancock was a 36-year-old firefighter whose life was tragically cut short in the line of duty. On what was supposed to be his day off, Firefighter Hancock answered the call to serve alongside County Engine Company No. 9 to battle a blaze at the Western Candy Box factory on East Sixty-Third Street. While […]
Denliegh W. Wood, firefighter
Firefighter Wood passed away in 1935.