The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official on-duty death of Firefighter Richard Rehm, 55, of the McCordsville Volunteer Fire Department on December 24, 2016
While responding to an early morning alarm call, Firefighter Rehm’s privately owned vehicle became stuck on an active railroad crossing. A short time later, Rehm was struck and killed by a passing train.
Tribute is being paid to Firefighter Rehm at http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/
To date, 87 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2016. Year-to-date and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online at https://www.usfa.fema.gov/data/statistics/ff_fatality_reports.html
Fatality status is provisional and may change as USFA contacts State Fire Marshals to verify fatality incident information.
