Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services (HCDFRS) Firefighter Nathan Flynn died in the line of a duty on Monday, July 23, 2018 while operating at the scene of a house fire in Clarksville, Maryland. Firefighter Flynn was posthumously promoted to the rank of Lieutenant.
This was the first career line of duty death in HCDFRS history. Immediately following Lieutenant Flynn’s untimely death, HCDFRS established an Internal Safety Review Board (ISRB) comprised of uniform personnel from inside the department, personnel from neighboring fire departments and outside agencies. The ISRB was charged with investigating factors that contributed to Lieutenant Flynn’s death as well as looking beyond the immediate causes to discover all aspects that impacted the event.
Line of Duty Death Investigation Archive
HCDFRS Internal Safety Review Board Final Report
Published: June 2019
Author: Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services' Internal Safety Review Board Final Report
Summary: Final report of the internal HCDFRS safety review completed following the incident at 7005 Woodscape Drive on July 23, 2018.
Notes: This report contains images that may be graphic or unsettling to the reader. Some versions of PDF readers may skew certain portions of the report.
Analysis of the Line of Duty Death of Firefighter Nathan Flynn Utilizing Fire Dynamics Simulator, Fire Testing and Electronic Data Sources
Published: August 2023
Author: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Baltimore Field Division
Summary: An analysis of the sequence of fire events that ultimately led to the line of duty death of Lt. Nathan Flynn.