The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official on-duty death of Fire Chief Arthur “Art” Brault, 54, of the Cumberland Head Volunteer Fire Department on December 20, 2016.
After responding with his fire department to a structure fire earlier in the evening, Fire Chief Arthur “Art” Brault was discovered by his wife deceased in bed when he did not turn out for a second structure fire alarm call.
Tribute is being paid to Fire Chief Brault at http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/
To date, 86 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.
