The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official on-duty death of Captain Michael Lee Schultz, 47, of the Hoyt Rural Fire District No.3 on July 27, 2016.
Captain Schultz was killed when the tanker he was operating lost a front tire and crashed off of the roadway, rolling over several times. A second firefighter was transported to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The pair of firefighters were on their way to a county fair parade when the fatal crash occurred.
Tribute is being paid to Captain Schults at http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/
To date, 48 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2016. 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.
