Firefighter Perry contracted COVID-19 at a fire in 2020
United States Fire Administration
The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official on-duty death of Firefighter Ronald Steven Perry, 57, of the East Sullivan County Volunteer Fire Department on December 17, 2020
Firefighter Ronald Steven Perry responded to a mutual aid call of a building fire on Sunday, November 15, 2020. He and two other firefighters subsequently contracted COVID-19. Firefighter Perry passed away on Thursday, December 17, 2020, from the virus.
Tribute is being paid to Firefighter Perry at http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/
To date, 96 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2020. 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.
