The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official on-duty death of Lieutenant Casey Stephen Kuhns, 30, of the Morrisville Fire Department on February 28, 2018.
On February 27, at 1526hrs, Lieutenant Casey Stephen Kuhns responded to a motor vehicle crash. Later that day, Lieutenant Kuhns participated in fire department training that ended at approximately 2130hrs. At 0600hrs on February 28, Lieutenant Kuhns was found deceased at home from a nature and cause of fatal injury still to be reported. Incident Location: 101 Foss Street, Morrisville, VT 05661
Tribute is being paid to Lieutenant Kuhns at http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/
To date, 10 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2018. 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.