1998 Notices of EMS Fatalities
| EMT Steve A Tippens | |
| Age: | 37 |
| Date of Death: | December 9, 1998 |
| Date of Funeral: | December 13, 1998 |
| Agency: | Etoile Volunteer Fire Department, Etoile, TX |
| Cause of Death: | Auto Accident |
| Paramedic Terry Shoens | |
| Age: | 30 |
| Date of Death: | October 23, 1998 |
| Date of Funeral: | October 27, 1998 |
| Agency: | Everglades Regional Medical Center EMS, Pahokee, FL |
| Cause of Death: | Ambulance involved motor vehicle accident |
| Paramedic Thomas Kevin Spalding III | |
| Age: | 25 |
| Date of Death: | October 12, 1998 |
| Date of Funeral: | UNK |
| Agency: | Putnam County EMS, Winfield, WV |
| Cause of Death: | Ambulance involved motor vehicle accident |
| Paramedic Shannon Nolte | |
| Age: | 30 |
| Date of Death: | August 20, 1998 |
| Date of Funeral: | August 26, 1998 |
| Agency: | Intensive Air - Sioux Valley Hospital, Sioux Falls, SD |
| Cause of Death: | Crash of EMS Aircraft |
| Pilot Merton Tiffany | |
| Age: | 50 |
| Date of Death: | August 20, 1998 |
| Date of Funeral: | August 26, 1998 |
| Agency: | Intensive Air - Sioux Valley Hospital, Sioux Falls, SD |
| Cause of Death: | Crash of EMS Aircraft |
| Flight Nurse Melissa Wittry | |
| Age: | 36 |
| Date of Death: | August 20, 1998 |
| Date of Funeral: | August 26, 1998 |
| Agency: | Intensive Air - Sioux Valley Hospital, Sioux Falls, SD |
| Cause of Death: | Crash of EMS Aircraft |
| Flight Nurse Carlos De La Fuente | |
| Age: | 34 |
| Date of Death: | June 5, 1998 |
| Date of Funeral: | TBA |
| Agency: | Valley AirCare - Harlingen EMS, Harlingen, TX |
| Cause of Death: | Crash of Medevac Helicopter |
| Flight Paramedic Brenda Leinweber | |
| Age: | 46 |
| Date of Death: | June 5, 1998 |
| Date of Funeral: | TBA |
| Agency: | Valley AirCare - Harlingen EMS, Harlingen, TX |
| Cause of Death: | Crash of Medevac Helicopter |
| Pilot Anthony Martinez | |
| Age: | 46 |
| Date of Death: | June 5, 1998 |
| Date of Funeral: | TBA |
| Agency: | Valley AirCare - Harlingen EMS, Harlingen, TX |
| Cause of Death: | Crash of Medevac Helicopter |
| Paramedic Loretta J. "Lori" Lore | |
| Age: | 40 |
| Date of Death: | May 12, 1998 |
| Date of Funeral: | May 13, 1998 |
| Agency: | Westside Ambulance Service, Harrisburg, AR |
| Cause of Death: | Injuries sustained in ambulance involved MVA |
| Paramedic Deanene "Dee" Seago | |
| Age: | 26 |
| Date of Death: | May 01, 1998 |
| Date of Funeral: | May 04, 1998 |
| Agency: | Williams Medic Aid EMS, Beaumont, TX |
| Cause of Death: | Ambulance involved traffic accident |
| Firefighter/Paramedic Michael A. Butler | |
| Age: | 33 |
| Date of Death: | March 23, 1998 |
| Date of Funeral: | March 28, 1998 |
| Agency: | LA City Fire Dept, Los Angeles, CA |
| Cause of Death: | Crash of LA City Fire Dept Helicopter |
| Firefighter/Paramedic Eric F. Reiner | |
| Age: | 33 |
| Date of Death: | March 23, 1998 |
| Date of Funeral: | March 28, 1998 |
| Agency: | LA City Fire Dept, Los Angeles, CA |
| Cause of Death: | Crash of LA City Fire Dept Helicopter |
| Apparatus Operator Michael McComb | |
| Age: | 48 |
| Date of Death: | March 23, 1998 |
| Date of Funeral: | March 28, 1998 |
| Agency: | LA City Fire Dept, Los Angeles, CA |
| Cause of Death: | Crash of LA City Fire Dept Helicopter |
| EMT Frank Pepe | |
| Age: | 59 |
| Date of Death: | March 8, 1998 |
| Date of Funeral: | March 11, 1998 |
| Agency: | Paramus Ambulance Corps, Paramus, NJ |
| Cause of Death: | MI while on a call |
| EMT-CT Israel Rodriguez | |
| Age: | 27 |
| Date of Death: | January 28, 1998 |
| Date of Funeral: | February 3, 1998 |
| Agency: | Rockhill Volunteer Rescue Squad, Stafford, VA |
| Cause of Death: | Passenger in an ambulance that overturned responding to a call |
| Paramedic Tim Hynes | |
| Age: | 45 |
| Date of Death: | January 11, 1998 |
| Date of Funeral: | January 16, 1998 |
| Agency: | University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Late City, UT |
| Cause of Death: | Aircraft accident while on med-evac mission |
| RN Shayne Carnahan | |
| Age: | 32 |
| Date of Death: | January 11, 1998 |
| Date of Funeral: | January 16, 1998 |
| Agency: | University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Late City, UT |
| Cause of Death: | Aircraft accident while on med-evac mission |
| Pilot Stan Berg | |
| Age: | 48 |
| Date of Death: | January 11, 1998 |
| Date of Funeral: | Not available |
| Agency: | University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Late City, UT |
| Cause of Death: | Aircraft accident while on med-evac mission |
| Paramedic Carlos "Junior" Godsey | |
| Age: | 38 |
| Date of Death: | January 8, 1998 |
| Date of Funeral: | January 13, 1998 |
| Agency: | Sullivan County EMS, Blountville, TN |
| Cause of Death: | Died during rescue operations to assist victims of flash flooding |
The posting of a Notice of EMS Fatality 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 EMS Fatality does not indicate acceptance to the National EMS Memorial Service. Inclusion in the National EMS Memorial Service requires that a nominee 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.