LODD


Line of Duty Deaths

Following are the Calgary Fire Fighters who have died in the Line of Duty:

Last Alarm: means the Fire Fighter died on duty.
Passed away: means the Fire Fighter died from a Compensatory cancer.

1) Fire Fighter
Hugh McShane
April 25, 1919 – November 17, 1923
Last Alarm: November 17, 1923
Apparatus Accident

2) Captain
Arthur Simmons
January 31, 1911 – December 30, 1948
Last Alarm: December 30, 1948
Inhalation

3) Fire Fighter
Norman A. Cocks
December 16, 1957 – May 8, 1962
Last Alarm: May 8, 1962
Training Accident 

4) Lieutenant
Lloyd A. Dutnall
February 25, 1952 – September 6, 1970
Last Alarm: September 6, 1970
Inhalation

5) Lieutenant
Harold E. Smith
May 7, 1945 – May 27, 1971
Last Alarm: May 27, 1971
Smoke Inhalation 

6) Fire Fighter
Jerald W. Walter
February 15, 1971 – April 20, 1972
Last Alarm: April 20, 1972
Smoke Inhalation 

7) Fire Fighter
David F. Allan
November 17, 1954 – August 25, 1976
Last Alarm: August 25, 1976
Apparatus Accident

8) Fire Fighter
George R. Look
Sept 4, 1979 – January 1, 1981
Last Alarm: January 1, 1981
Building Collapse 

9) Senior Fire Fighter
J. Morley James
June 16, 1975 – July 13, 1992
Last Alarm: July 13, 1992
Inhalation

10) Division Chief
Maurice L. Simonin
May 21, 1957 – January 5, 1994
Passed away: March 21, 2000
Cancer

 

11) Chief Training Officer
George C. Heming
November 8, 1965 – May 28, 1999
Passed away: June 26, 2003
Brain Cancer

12) Captain
Edward E. Briggs
January 1, 1967 – July 17, 2000
Passed away: January 23, 2004
Leukemia

13) Deputy Chief
William G. Beattie
April 23, 1951 – May 2, 1986
Passed away: May 9. 2005
Brain Cancer 

14) Captain
Allan H. Edwards
May 11, 1953 – May 2, 1986
Passed away: May 12, 2005
Colon Cancer

15) Fire Chief
Thomas E. Minhinnett
April 23, 1951 – May 6, 1988
Passed away: June 28, 2005
Leukemia

16) Fire Fighter
Robert Elder
July 1954 - March 1966
Passed away : September 9, 2005
Brain Tumor

17) Captain
James M. Symon
May 1, 1953 – October 1, 1984
Passed away: November 24, 2005
Lung Cancer

18) Captain
Bruce B. Dancy
September 13, 1954 – November 1, 1981
Passed away: August 31, 2006
Lung Cancer / Brain Tumor 

19) District Chief
Sidney B. Gilbert
May 21, 1957 – July 7 1989
Passed away: March 15, 2007
Lung Cancer

20) Senior Fire Fighter
Gordon L. Paul
January 29, 1990 – August 7, 2007
Passed away: August 7, 2007
Brain Cancer 

21) Captain
Olaf G. Wilson
September 9, 1963 – September 12, 1993
Passed away: October 17, 2007
Non-hodgkins Lymphoma 


Fire Fighter LODD