Fire Captain Frank Testa, 44, of the Clark County Fire Department died while fighting a fire at the Stardust hotel on April 11, 1970. Testa had no burns and was speculated to have died from a heart attack or smoke inhalation.

Lester Lee Shadrick, 53, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, died August 14, 2000, when the Bell 412 helicopter he was piloting crashed into the side of a mountain while he was helping fight a 38,000-acre wildland fire about 50 miles east of Fallon, Nevada. Lester was flying on contract with BLM through ERA Aviation. Lester Lee… View Article

Theodore Schuler of Tucson, Arizona, a pilot with the Bureau of Land Management, was killed on October 11, 1962, along with co-pilot William L. Desilet, when their air bomber crashed while attempting to drop bentonite on a brush fire 24 miles outside of Fallon, Nevada. The plane was a converted World War II bomber and… View Article

Firefighter Steve Rose, 24, was killed at 10 a.m. February 13, 1974, during a practice session of the North Lake Tahoe Fire Department on the property of Kings Castle. Steven fell from a firetruck and was crushed to death beneath the wheels of the backing vehicle. Steven had formerly been a volunteer member of the… View Article