In 1909, Minot firefighter Tom Shields became the city's first line-of-duty death after a gasoline tank explosion during a blaze at the Daily Optic newspaper building caused injuries that claimed his life five days later.| National Fallen Firefighters Foundation
Explore the devastating Grand Theatre fire of 1917, which claimed the life of Battalion Chief Fred G. Gilham, injured nine firefighters, and destroyed a cherished Seattle landmark.| National Fallen Firefighters Foundation
On July 9, 1953 fourteen New Tribes Mission firefighters and one U.S. Forest Service firefighter were killed while fighting the Rattlesnake Fire in the Mendocino National Forest.| National Fallen Firefighters Foundation