The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official on-duty death of Fire Operations Supervisor Terry K. Sonner, 33, of the Boise District Bureau of Land Management on June 10, 2015.
Fire Operations Supervisor Sonner collapsed after he and his fire crew finished physical training at the Hammett Guard Station, Idaho. Fellow firefighters initiated medical treatment on scene but Sonner succumbed to a nature and cause of fatal injury still to be reported.
Tribute is being paid to Fire Operations Supervisor Terry K. Sonner at http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/
To date, 45 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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