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Frank Harwood
Battalion Chief
Kootenai County Fire and Rescue
Post Falls, Idaho
Age: 42
Sex: Male
Classification: Career
Years of service: 17
Date of incident: June 29, 2025
Date of death: June 29, 2025
Battalion Chief Frank Harwood responded with other firefighters from Kootenai County Fire and Rescue to a grass fire on Canfield Mountain in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Sometime after arriving on scene, firefighters communicated that they were taking gunfire and believed that they had been ambushed. Battalion Chief Harwood was fatally wounded during this time along with Battalion Chief John Morrison from the Coeur d’Alene Fire Department.
Officers from various law enforcement agencies promptly responded to the scene and exchanged gunfire with the lone gunman who was later found deceased. A fire engineer from the Coeur d’Alene Fire Department was also critically injured during the incident and is recovering. Investigation into the incident continues.
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