Critical Information Needed When Reporting a Line-of-Duty Death from the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits (PSOB) program

Fallen Firefighter Information:

  1. Fallen firefighter’s name
  2. Status (career, volunteer, contract, other)
  3. Age
  4. Date of incident
  5. Date of death and date of funeral
  6. Description of incident/cause of death

Department Information:

  1. Name of chief
  2. Name of department
  3. Address
  4. Phone and fax numbers
  5. E-mail address (if available)

Next-of-Kin Information:

  1. Name
  2. Relationship
  3. Address
  4. Phone number