Born: July 24, 1990 LODD: March 31, 2023 Fire Department: Dover Air Force Base Fire & Emergency Services Fire Inspector, Captain Jeremy Charles Lundgren, Dover Air Force Base Fire & Emergency Services, died on March 31, 2023 after falling ill following a structure fire. He was 32 years of age. Jeremy was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, where he attended Tyngsboro schools. Upon graduation, he entered the United States Air force and while stationed in Dyess,
Born: 1951 LODD: 3/7/1974 Burial: Forest Presbyterian Church, Middletown, Delaware Fire Company: Volunteer Hose Firefighter Jerome Jolls had just left the meeting of the Volunteer Hose Company and was walking home, when he stopped to talk to his sister. During their conversation a tractor trailer collided head on with a car at the intersection of Route 896 and Route 299. The tractor trailer veered onto the sidewalk, where Jolls, in the ultimate act of heroism
Born: 1951 LODD: 3/7/1974 Burial: Forest Presbyterian Church, Middletown, Delaware Fire Company: Volunteer Hose Firefighter Jerome Jolls had just left the meeting of the Volunteer Hose Company and was walking home, when he stopped to talk to his sister. During their conversation a tractor trailer collided head on with a car at the intersection of Route 896 and Route 299. The tractor trailer veered onto the sidewalk, where Jolls, in the ultimate act of heroism
Born: Unknown LODD: 9/24/2016 Burial: Private Fire Company: Wilmington Fire Department In December 2003, Jerry Fickes, Jr. began his full-time career with the Wilmington Fire Department, where he was assigned to engine and rescue companies. He was a member of the Delaware Air Rescue Team, receiving his helicopter rescue certification, the Critical Incident Management Team, and the Tactical Marine Operators Team. On September 24, 2016, he responded with WFD Squad 4 to a row house
Born: 1869 LODD: 6/20/1904 Burial: Cathedral Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware Fire Company: Weccacoe #8, Wilmington Volunteers John A. Campbell, 35, of the Weccacoe Fire Company, died shortly after noon on June 20, 1904. He was one of the most popular firemen in the city and for the last 6 years was a driver in the employ of the Weccacoe Fire Company. On June 6, 1904, Campbell was exercising one of the engine horses when he was
Born: Unknown LODD: 6/25/1891 Burial: Cathedral Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware Fire Company: Liberty Steam Fire Engine Company #9, Wilmington Volunteers Firefighter John Coleman, age 30, was thrown from a horse and died instantly from a broken neck while exercising fire horses. The animals had been out much of late, and had become quite spirited. Coleman’s horse made a spring forward, throwing the firefighter over his head and to the ground where Coleman fell upon his head.
