John Campbell
John Campbell was an assistant public works director for the City of Kingman as well as a volunteer member of the Fire Department. Eleven acclaimed firefighters, two members and nine volunteers of the Kingman Fire Department died as a result of a disastrous fire and explosion that ripped apart a railroad tanker car filled with […]
William Casson
William Casson, whose sons became volunteer firefighters with the Kingman Fire Department, was a Kingman native and World War II veteran, the district manager of the electric division of a local utilities company, and Captain Number One in the Fire Department, having been an assistant chief and chief. Eleven acclaimed firefighters, two members and nine […]
Joseph Chambers III
Joe Chambers, a Kingman native, a grandson of one of the area’s first firefighters, and the owner and operator of a local gas station, was a volunteer with sixteen years’ service with the Fire Department and the rank of lieutenant. Eleven acclaimed firefighters, two members and nine volunteers of the Kingman Fire Department died as […]
Myron B. Cox
Jimmy Cox, a veteran stationed in Kingman for much of his time with the Army Air Corps, stayed in Kingman to work and raise his family. He served twenty-two years as a volunteer with the Fire Department, the last years as assistant chief. Eleven acclaimed firefighters, two members and nine volunteers of the Kingman Fire […]
Alan Hansen
Alan Hansen, a veteran of the U.S. Army, was a patrolman with the Arizona Department of Public Safety as well as serving with the Fire Department. He died of burns sustained trying to help an unconscious firefighter. Eleven acclaimed firefighters, two members and nine volunteers of the Kingman Fire Department died as a result of […]
Frank Henry
Butch Henry, the manager of a local trucking company, was a seven-year volunteer with the Kingman Fire Department. He also was the son of a thirty-year veteran of the same Fire Department, and his nephew later became a career firefighter and Assistant Chief for that Fire Department. Eleven acclaimed firefighters, two members and nine volunteers […]
Roger Hubka
Roger Hubka, the newly married service manager of a tire company, was a volunteer with the Fire department. Eleven acclaimed firefighters, two members and nine volunteers of the Kingman Fire Department died as a result of a disastrous fire and explosion that ripped apart a railroad tanker car filled with propane gas as it was […]
Christopher Sanders
Chris Sanders had been an engineer with the Fire Department for two years, having served for several years as a volunteer. He also was the executive director of Mohave Big Brothers. Before agreeing to be evacuated for treatment of the burns to which he later succumbed, he bravely worked at the scene to assist others […]
Arthur Stringer
Art Stringer, a Vietnam veteran whose father was a volunteer with the Fire Department and severely burned in the same conflagration, had been a volunteer engineer for one month. Eleven acclaimed firefighters, two members and nine volunteers of the Kingman Fire Department died as a result of a disastrous fire and explosion that ripped apart […]
Donald Webb
Donald Webb was the owner and manager of a service station and a volunteer member of the Fire Department. His son later became a firefighter who now serves as a Captain with the Tucson Fire Department. Eleven acclaimed firefighters, two members and nine volunteers of the Kingman Fire Department died as a result of a […]
Richard “Lee” Williams
Lee Williams, a veteran of the U.S. Navy whose son became a career firefighter, was the principal of the Kingman High School and a volunteer member of the Fire Department. Eleven acclaimed firefighters, two members and nine volunteers of the Kingman Fire Department died as a result of a disastrous fire and explosion that ripped […]
