DENVER LODD

DENVER FIRE DEPARTMENT

• Volunteer Aaaron Shallcross collapsed and died after fire at Planters Hotel. Feb. 23, 1875. First Denver firefighter to die in the line of duty. [Name not listed on state firefighters' memorial - Editor]
• Alfred Gardiner killed by falling wall. March 19,1877. [Name not listed on state firefighters' memorial - Editor]
• Benjamin Barret killed at fire at Eastbrook Stables. March 18, 1878. [Name not listed on state firefighters' memorial - Editor]
• James Lloyd crushed by fire horse at Hose Company 4. Sept. 24, 1886.
• Horrace Knight, driver of Steamer 5, killed at railroad crossing. Oct. 11, 1891.
• Frederick Pierrepont, of Hook & Ladder 1, and Frank Mahoney, of Hose 4, killed by falling wall at Summit Fuel and Feed Co. March 24, 1893.
• Harold Hartwell, Frederick Brawley, Richard Dandridge and Stephen Martin, all of Hose 3, killed in floor collapse at St. James Hotel. March 23, 1895.
• Lee Bottom, driver, thrown from horse-drawn Steamer 7. Oct. 14, 1897. 
• Harry Robinson, driver for assistant fire chief, sickened by fumes at Western Chemical Co. June 18, 1899.
• Charles Dolloff, John McGlade, Frank Lunt and Charles Eymann felled by nitric acid fumes at fire at Denver Post engraving department. Sept. 20, 1904
• Robert Geddes, lieutenant, fatally injured when street car struck Hook & Ladder 1 at 15th and Market streets. Capt. A.S. Greiber, six others injured. "The fire to which the men were making the run proved trivial," newspaper said. March 1, 1908.
• Vincent Davidson, captain, fatally injured when Hose 13 skidded on wet pavement at 15th and Market streets. Sept. 18, 1910.
• Harry Cox killed when Hose 4 struck by bus on Broadway at 16th St. Aug. 2, 1916.
• Thomas M. Hyder killed when Pumper 21 collided with coal truck at East Virginia Avenue and South Clarkson Street. Aug. 23, 1928.
• William Barber, Richard Schwairy and Silas Briggs killed when Pumper 7 and Truck 12 collided at 42nd Avenue and Federal Boulevard. Oct. 12, 1928.
• James Moses, deputy chief, died of heart attack after returning from fire call. June 14, 1932.
• Colin Taylor, of Engine 16, overcome by smoke at fire at 421 Williams St. June 20, 1934.
• Andrew Mahon, assistant chief, fatally injured in wall collapse at Midwest Trunk & Bag Manufacturing Co., 1524 15th St. Nov. 30, 1934.
• John Reisbeck killed when Engine 10 collided with meat truck enroute to a false alarm. March 20, 1936.
• William Feely took ill while on duty at Station 12 and died in hospital. March 21, 1936.
• Edward Carlson struck by car while shoveling snow at Station 9. Sept. 28, 1936.
• George Brooks and James Simpson, both of Pumper 3, killed when their engine collided with Hook & Ladder 4 at 20th and Larimer streets. Brooks was a captain. July 17, 1938.
• Ralph Johnston, captain of Truck 8, suffered heart attack while on duty. Oct. 9, 1938.
• Elmer Hair suffered heart attack while on duty at Station 19. Dec. 28, 1940.
• Stephen Keating, assistant chief, took ill while on duty. Sept. 3, 1941. 
• Douglas Parrish, James Williams and John Kennedy killed on mutual aid assignment for a fire in a railroad tunnel west of Denver. Sept. 30, 1943.
• William Briggs, captain of Hook & Ladder 6, killed in collision at 12th and Larimer streets. Nov. 30, 1944. (Briggs father, also a Denver firefighter, died in collision between Pumper 7 and Truck 21 in 1928).  
• Lenard Shire and Fred Erb killed in floor collapse at Miller Furniture Co. fire, 1640 Larimer St. March 29, 1952. 
• Chester Block, captain of the rescue squad, suffered heart attack at quarters of Engine 2. Jan. 17, 1955. 
• Robert Parrahm, captain of Engine 5, killed in collision with automobile enroute to false alarm. March 20, 1960. 
• Joseph Hotchkiss, captain of Engine 2, suffered heart attack at fire at Alton Wright Welding Co., 2077 South Cherokee St. July 29, 1960.
• Victor Sullivan killed when Pumper 6 collided with automobile enroute to false alarm. June 28, 1967.
• John Keller, of Station 15, died at home after being exposed to cyanide while on duty several days earlier. Jan. 13, 1968.
• Wayne Manaugh suffered heart attack at Station 21. Sept. 17, 1971.
• Mark Langvardt, of Station 16, suffered smoke inhalation at three-alarm fire on South Broadway. Sept. 28, 1992.
• Douglas Konecny, of Station 10, shot by gunman while assisting police at standoff on Humboldt Street. Jan. 31, 1993.
• Robert Wayne Crump, of Squirt 10, died in flash flood. Aug 17, 2000.
• Assistant Chief Charles Rawls Drennan died in shooting. Sept. 13, 2001.
• Lt. Richard Patrick Montoya, of Engine 9, died of injuries sustained in house fire. May 21, 2006. (Injured May 14, 2006)
• Firefighter John Whelan, of Station 8, died of injuries sustained at a dumpster fire. June 15, 2015. (Injured June 28, 2015)