The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official on-duty death of Firefighter Charlie V. Wallace, 74, of the Montgomery Volunteer Fire Department on February 3, 2015.
Wallace died from injuries sustained when he was struck by a vehicle on January 10th while directing traffic in front of the fire station as apparatus were leaving for a response call.
Tribute is being paid to Firefighter Charlie V. Wallace at http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/
To date, seven firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2015. 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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