The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official on-duty death of Battalion Chief John “Mac” McDonald, 54, of the Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Naval District Washington Fire and Emergency, on May 30, 2014.
Battalion Chief McDonald passed away from a nature of injury still to be reported while on-duty at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling. A memorial service with full fire department honors is being planned for McDonald on Thursday, June 5th. Battalion Chief McDonald was a Navy veteran and also a life-long volunteer firefighter and former fire chief with the Stafford County Fire Department, Virginia.
Tribute is being paid to Battalion Chief John “Mac” McDonald at http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/
To date, 41 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2014. Year-to-date and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online at http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/fatalityData/statistics
Fatality status is provisional and may change as USFA contacts State Fire Marshals to verify fatality incident information.
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