The Stories of Deaths in the Line of Duty in Marin County.

Two San Rafael firefighters lost their lives fighting the Mar Vista Motors fire in 1950.

Firefighting can be dangerous work, and sometimes firefighter deaths occur that are classified as [In the] Line of Duty Deaths (LODD). This section will include features on each of the historical LODD's in Marin County.


Use the pull down menu to read the names of years of known deaths in the line of duty. There are additional deaths deemed as in the line of duty that occurred off-duty with presumptive illnesses like cancer or heart attacks. At some point we will also list those as our research and content grows.