Section One

Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Deaths.
  The International Association Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial Wall Colorado Springs, Colorado
Submitted to the IAFF by the Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association Local 341
Any Questions concerning this list, please email me: scottmell@att.net

Total of 155 Firefighters Cassified as an IAFF Presumptive

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 Always Remember to Never Forget
 June 12, 2010
Captain Grover Cleveland "Jeep" Adams
HFD 1946-1981
Cancer: Lung
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015


Always Remember to Never Forget
  July 2, 2017
Chauffeur Leslie Carroll "Eugene" Adkins 
HFD 1972-2000
   Cancer: Esophageal
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2018
  
 
 Always Remember to Never Forget

 December 16, 2025

Firefighter Brandy Sharde llinience
HFD 2014-2025

Cancer: Stomach
Colorado Springs IAFF Firefighter Memorial Wall-2026
  
Always Remember to Never Forget
  August 10, 2005
  Firefoghter Jerry Wayne Anderson
HFD 1974-2002
  Cancer: Head and Kneck
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2019

Always Remember to Never Forget
  September 9, 2005
    Firefighter Thomas Gayton "Tom" Arfele Jr.  
HFD 1964-2002
Cancer: Leukemia
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2023
Always Remember to Never Forget
  October 28, 2023
   Captain Jesse Edwin Arnold
HFD 1976-2017
 Cancer: Pancreatic
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2025


Always Remember to Never Forget
 March 31, 1994
  Dispatcher Julius Frank "Bubba" Arto
HFD 1925-1973
 Cancer: Colon
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015

Always Remember to Never Forget
 May 2, 2002
  HFD 1974-2002
Chauffeur Joseph Austin "Joe" Ary
 Cancer: Pancreatic   
  Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2016

 
Always Remember to Never Forget
  February 22, 2017
   Frefighter Forest Adkins "Chip" Bailey Jr.
HFD 1981-2003
 Cancer: Skin
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2019
  
Always Remember to Never Forget
 March 8, 2001
 Chauffeur William Ernest "Bill" Bandy  
HFD 1973-2001 
Cancer: Lung
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2008

Always Remember to Never Forget
  January 5, 1999
    Dispatcher Edward Wilkins Barfield 
HFD 1952-1980
 Cancer: Spinal
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015

Always Remember to Never Forget
  May 11, 1987
 Senior Captain Howard Joseph Barras 
HFD 1956-1976
 Cancer: Lung
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2016


Always Remember to Never Forget
 Jananuary 1, 2009
   Senior Captain Tracy Birkelbach Sr.
HFD 1961-1991
Csncer: Pancreatic 
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2019

Always Remember to Never Forget
 April 4, 2007
Chauffeur Larry Julian Blackmon
HFD 1971-1978
 Cancer: Kidney
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015

 Always Remember to Never Forget
 May 10, 2012
Elmer Wayne "Red" Blevins
HFD 1951-2002
  Cancer: Lung
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2013

Always Remember to Never Forget
  April 23, 2025
Andrew Wayne "Andy" Brown
HFD 1978-2012
 Cancer: Lung
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2026


Always Remember to Never Forget
   September 8, 2017
   Captain Ronald Gene "Ronnie" Brown Sr.
HFD 1964-2004
 Cancer: Prostate
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2019


Always Remember to Never Forget
  May 31, 2017
 John Arnold Burton
HFD 1967-2009
 Cancer: Lung
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2018

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 Always Remember to Never Forget
 October 31, 1978
George Oliver Byrn Sr.
HFD 1940-1967
 Cancer: Lung
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015
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Always Remember to Never Forget
  May 17, 2011
 Chauffeur Daniel "Doc" Cabllero
HFD 2001-2015
 Cancer: Lung
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015

Always Remember to Never Forget
 April 4, 2011
Firefighter Randy M. Cadena
HFD 2004-2011
 Cancer: Other
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2012

Always Remember to Never Forget
   July 27, 2013
    Chauffeur Gary Lee Carson
HFD1966-1991
  Cancer: Lung
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2016

Always Remember to Never Forget
 November 5, 2008
    Captain Charles Ray Carter Sr.
HFD1963-1987
   Cancer: Lung and Bone
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial WalL-2018


Always Remember to Never Forget
 February 14, 1995
    District Chief John Craig Caswell
HFD 1968-1995   
Cancer: Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2017
Always Remember to Never Forget
 December 31, 2013
     Chauffeur James Carrel Chandler  
HFD 1955-1976
 Cancer: Brain
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2016

Always Remember to Never Forget
 April 24, 2010
    District Chief Thomas Gabriel "Tom"  "Crusher" Collins
HFD 1959-2002
   Cancer: Colorectal
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2010


Always Remember to Never Forget
  July 26, 1994
    Senior Captain Robert Louis Crenek
HFD  1977-1994
  Cancer: Stomach
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015

Always Remember to Never Forget
 April 7, 2010 
   Arson Investigator Don Willard Crowe 
HFD 1959-1976
Cancer: Unknown
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015

 
Always Remember to Never Forget
 December 17, 2018
   Engineer/Operator Timothy Brian Cunningham
HFD 1980-2014
 Cancer: Metastatic Melanoma
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2021
Always Remember to Never Forget
  January 26, 2016
   Firefighter Darryl Lamar Dave
HFD 2004-2016
 Cancer: Melanoma (Skin)
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2017

Always Remember to Never Forget
 September 30, 2012 
   Firefighter "Joe Hector" Delgadillo
HFD 1979-2011
 Cancer: Lung and Stomach
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2013

Always Remember to Never Forget
  December 2, 2021
   Firefighter Jordan Dane Downing
HFD 2005-2021
Cancer: Melanoma (Skin)
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2023


Always Remember to Never Forget
   April 6. 1963
   District Chief Leo Tillman "Red" Edmonds
HFD 1926-1963
 Cause of Death: Cardiac Arrest
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015


Always Remember to Never Forget
 November 29, 1996
   Captain Dennis Harmon Elkin
HFD 1967-1996
 Cancer: Colon
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2018
   
Always Remember to Never Forget
 September 24, 1971
  Senior Captain Carl Henry Faith Sr
HFD 1930-1947
 Cancer: Pancreatic
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015
 
Always Remember to Never Forget
 April 22, 2013 
   Captain Robert Glen "Bob" Fortune
HFD1961-1976 
Cancer: Esophageal
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015


Always Remember to Never Forget
 June 19. 2012
   Captain Edwin Glen "Eddie" Gaddis 
HFD 1960-1988
 Cancer: Unknown
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-20215


Always Remember to Never Forget
  June 4, 1999
   Captain Wilbert Johnny Gaeke 
HFD 1963-1984
 Cancer: Pancreatic
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015
 
Always Remember to Never Forget
  July 8, 1996
   Senior Captain William Stanley "Bill" Gage
HFD 1975-1996
 Cancer: Kidney
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015

Always Remember to Never Forget
  August 5, 1990
    Senior Captain Mario Martinez Gallegos Sr.
HFD 1952-1972
 Cancer: Lung
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015
  

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