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National EMS Memorial Service

2005 Notices of Line of Duty Death

EMT-D Felix Hernandez
Age:31
Date of Death:October 23, 2005
Date of Funeral:October 28, 2005
Agency:FDNY-EMS, NEW YORK, NY
Cause of Death:Complication of injuries atributed to operating at WTC collapse on 09/11/01
 
Flight Nurse Erin Reed
Age:48
Date of Death:September 29, 2005
Date of Funeral:TBA
Agency:Airlift Northwest, Seattle, WA
Cause of Death:Emergency Medical Aviation Accident
 
Pilot Steve Smith
Age:59
Date of Death:September 29, 2005
Date of Funeral:TBA
Agency:Airlift Northwest, Seattle, WA
Cause of Death:Emergency Medical Aviation Accident
 
Flight Nurse Lois Suzuki
Age:47
Date of Death:September 29, 2005
Date of Funeral:TBA
Agency:Airlift Northwest, Seattle, WA
Cause of Death:Emergency Medical Aviation Accident
 
EMT Rick Seiner
Age:53
Date of Death:September 2, 2005
Date of Funeral:September 6, 2005
Agency:Citizens Memorial Hospital, Boliver, MO
Cause of Death:Struck by vehicle while on scene
 
EMT Tommy Allred
Age:26
Date of Death:August 17, 2005
Date of Funeral:August 20, 2005
Agency:American Ambulance, Cullman, AL
Cause of Death:Ambulance / Train Collison
 
Paramedic Chastity Miller
Age:29
Date of Death:August 17, 2005
Date of Funeral:August 21, 2005
Agency:American Ambulance, Cullman, AL
Cause of Death:Ambulance / Train Collison
 
EMT-D Timothy Keller
Age:41
Date of Death:June 23, 2005
Date of Funeral:June 30, 2005
Agency:FDNY-EMS, New York, NY
Cause of Death:Complication of injuries atributed to operating at WTC collapse 9/11/2001
 
EMT-Student Courtney Hilton
Age:23
Date of Death:June 4, 2005
Date of Funeral:TBA
Agency:Highlands Ambulance Service, Lebanon, VA
Cause of Death:Electrocution from Defibrillator
 
CFR Steven Allen Stonelake
Age:20
Date of Death:May 16, 2005
Date of Funeral:May 19, 2005
Agency:Saint Clair Veterans Memorial Ambulance, Saint Clair, PA
Cause of Death:Injuries sustained in an MVC while on duty
 
EMT Heidi Behr
Age:23
Date of Death:May 3, 2005
Date of Funeral:TBA
Agency:Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance, Riverhead, NY
Cause of Death:Ambulance involved motor vehicle collision
 
Paramedic William Stone
Age:30
Date of Death:May 3, 2005
Date of Funeral:TBA
Agency:Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance, Riverhead, NY
Cause of Death:Ambulance involved motor vehicle collision
 
Paramedic Christopher Clingan
Age:23
Date of Death:February 19, 2005
Date of Funeral:February 23, 2005
Agency:Pafford EMS, Hope, AR
Cause of Death:Ambulance/Train Collision
 
EMT Jeffrey Scott Ferrnad
Age:37
Date of Death:February 19, 2005
Date of Funeral:February 22, 2005
Agency:Pafford EMS, Hope, AR
Cause of Death:Ambulance/Train Collision
 
EMT John Jeffrey "Jay" Rook
Age:23
Date of Death:February 19, 2005
Date of Funeral:February 22, 2005
Agency:Pafford EMS, Hope, AR
Cause of Death:Ambulance/Train Collision
 
Pilot Tim Benway
Age:35
Date of Death:January 11, 2005
Date of Funeral:January 22, 2005
Agency:Yampa Valley Air Ambulance, Steamboat Springs, CO
Cause of Death:Areomedical Aviation Accident
 
Flight Nurse and Director David B. Linner II
Age:36
Date of Death:January 11, 2005
Date of Funeral:January 17, 2005
Agency:Yampa Valley Air Ambulance, Steamboat Springs, CO
Cause of Death:Areomedical Aviation Accident
 
Flight Nurse Jennifer Wells
Age:30
Date of Death:January 11, 2005
Date of Funeral:January 17, 2005
Agency:Yampa Valley Air Ambulance, Steamboat Springs, CO
Cause of Death:Areomedical Aviation Accident
 
Flight Paramedic Nicole Kielar
Age:29
Date of Death:January 10, 2005
Date of Funeral:January 17, 2005
Agency:LifeEvac of Virginia, Richmond and Stafford, Virginia, VA
Cause of Death:Crash of LifeEvac II in Northern Virginia
 
Pilot Joseph Schaefer
Age:56
Date of Death:January 10, 2005
Date of Funeral:TBA
Agency:LifeEvac of Virginia, Richmond and Stafford, Virginia, VA
Cause of Death:Crash of LifeEvac II in Northern Virginia
 
EMT Terry Pearson
Age:48
Date of Death:January 4, 2005
Date of Funeral:TBA
Agency:Roseau Area Hospital Ambulance, Roseau, MN
Cause of Death:Ambulance Crash


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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.