The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official on-duty death of District Fire Chief Spencer J. Chauvin, 36, of the St. John the Baptist Parish Office of Fire Services on August 28, 2016.
While working at the scene of a single vehicle accident on Westbound Interstate 10, District Fire Chief Spencer J. Chauvin was struck and killed by a charter bus that crashed into the accident scene. A passenger in a vehicle at the scene was also killed and many others were injured including two firefighters who received non-life threatening injuries in the incident.
Tribute is being paid to District Chief Chauvin at http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/
To date, 57 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.
