Firefighter Ronald Deer

Last Call: Wed, May 24th, 1995

Date of Incident: Tue, May 23rd, 1995

Cause of Death: Motor Vehicle Accident (Response)

Service Time: 5 years

Age: 23

Survivors

His wife Peggy and son Caleb

Incident

Firefighter Deer was riding in an engine responding to a box alarm. While enroute, the engine overturned. The raised roof separated from the cab causing Firefighter Deer and others to be ejected. Firefighter Deer died of his injuries, other firefighters received minor injuries, and one firefighter, Rodrick Lambert, was paralyzed, and. The alarm turned out to be false. Firefighter Lambert died from complications of his injuries 29 years later.