2003 Notices of Line of Duty Death
| Flight Nurse Kelly Bates | |
| Age: | 38 |
| Date of Death: | December 23, 2003 |
| Date of Funeral: | TBA |
| Agency: | Reach Air Ambulance, Santa Rosa, CA |
| Cause of Death: | Aero-medical aviation accident |
| Flight Nurse Diane Codding | |
| Age: | 36 |
| Date of Death: | December 23, 2003 |
| Date of Funeral: | TBA |
| Agency: | Reach Air Ambulance, Santa Rosa, CA |
| Cause of Death: | Aero-medical aviation accident |
| Pilot Art Gotisar | |
| Age: | 48 |
| Date of Death: | December 23, 2003 |
| Date of Funeral: | TBA |
| Agency: | Reach Air Ambulance, Santa Rosa, CA |
| Cause of Death: | Aero-medical aviation accident |
| CFR Dixie Steckelberg | |
| Age: | 60 |
| Date of Death: | December 18, 2003 |
| Date of Funeral: | December 20, 2003 |
| Agency: | Lovilia Fire Dept, Lovilia, IA |
| Cause of Death: | Probable MI while working at the scene of a motor vehicle crash |
| EMT-I Marjory C. Brooks | |
| Age: | 73 |
| Date of Death: | August 25, 2003 |
| Date of Funeral: | TBA |
| Agency: | Barton Ambulance Squad, Inc., Barton, VT |
| Cause of Death: | MVA Responding to a call |
| EMT Randy Neal Jones | |
| Age: | 23 |
| Date of Death: | July 28, 2003 |
| Date of Funeral: | TBA |
| Agency: | Iredell County Rescue, Statesville, NC |
| Cause of Death: | MVA Responding to a call |
| Paramedic Robert Gilmore | |
| Age: | 60 |
| Date of Death: | July 5, 2003 |
| Date of Funeral: | July 9, 2003 |
| Agency: | Polk County EMS, Bartow, FL |
| Cause of Death: | Stroke |
| Paramedic Billie Cobb | |
| Age: | 33 |
| Date of Death: | June 15, 2003 |
| Date of Funeral: | June 22, 2003 |
| Agency: | Gerald Area Ambulance District, Gerald, MO |
| Cause of Death: | MVC while responding to call |
| EMT-Student Deborah Toler | |
| Age: | 38 |
| Date of Death: | June 12, 2003 |
| Date of Funeral: | TBA |
| Agency: | Central Texas College EMT Program, Killeen TX |
| Cause of Death: | Struck at scene of MVC |
| Pilot Brent F. Cowley | |
| Age: | 49 |
| Date of Death: | June 7, 2003 |
| Date of Funeral: | June 12, 2003 |
| Agency: | Life Flight - LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT |
| Cause of Death: | Aero-medical aviation accident |
| EMT-D Merlin Casey | |
| Age: | 66 |
| Date of Death: | May 10, 2003 |
| Date of Funeral: | May 15, 2003 |
| Agency: | Mount Horeb Volunteer Fire Dept/EMS, Mount Horeb, WI |
| Cause of Death: | Cardiac Arrest |
| Pilot Michael F. Russell | |
| Age: | 52 |
| Date of Death: | January 28, 2003 |
| Date of Funeral: | |
| Agency: | Air Angels, Inc., West Chicago, IL |
| Cause of Death: | EMS Helicopter Crash |
| Flight Paramedic Chuck Jerpe | |
| Age: | 47 |
| Date of Death: | January 27, 2003 |
| Date of Funeral: | February 4, 2003 |
| Agency: | Mountain Lifeflight, Susanville, CA |
| Cause of Death: | Injuries resulting from a rotor wing crash |
| EMT-I James E. Taylor | |
| Age: | 28 |
| Date of Death: | January 19, 2003 |
| Date of Funeral: | January 22, 2003 |
| Agency: | Bonham Fire Department , Bonham, TX |
| Cause of Death: | Involved in an MVA while responding to the scene of an accident |
The posting of a Notice of Line of Duty Death is for notification purposes only. It is based upon information submitted to the National EMS Memorial Service regarding the death of an EMS provider which may be in the Line of Duty but which has not yet been fully investigated by us.
The posting of a Notice of Line of Duty Death does not indicate acceptance to the National EMS Memorial Service. Inclusion in the National EMS Memorial Service requires that a nomonee meet the NEMSMS Criteria, a careful review of information on the Nomination Form and from all other sources, and an affirmative vote of the National EMS Memorial Service Board of Directors.