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Donald "Butch" Van Deursen
Fire Police Officer
Middlebush Volunteer Fire Department
Somerset, New Jersey
Age: 78
Sex: Male
Classification: Volunteer
Years of service: 46
Date of incident: June 15, 2026
Date of death: June 16, 2026
Fire Police Officer Donald “Butch” Van Deursen responded to two calls on June 15, 2026, the last being a fire alarm activation that came in at 11:43 a.m. to which he responded and stood by at the station. At approximately 7:50 a.m. on June 16, 2026, Fire Police Officer Van Deursen collapsed at his home and was pronounced deceased there a short time later. Fire Police Officer Van Deursen was the former fire chief of Middlebush Volunteer Fire Department.
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