BOONE COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A Danville Volunteer Fire Department firefighter has died in a Line Of Duty Death after responding to an emergency call this past weekend.
Firefighter Steve Griffith, 66 years old, experienced a medical event at the Danville VFD firehouse on Sunday, March 2nd, around 5:00 P.M. Griffith had responded to an emergency call around 11:00 P.M. the previous night.
Griffith was transported to Boone Memorial Hospital and later transferred to CAMC Memorial in Charleston. Griffith passed away at the hospital on Monday evening.
Steve Griffith was an experienced firefighter with 48 years of service in the Danville Fire Department.
The West Virginia State Fire Marshal’s Office has ruled this as a line-of-duty death. When a firefighter experiences a medical event that ends up resulting in death within 24 hours after an emergency response, it is ruled a Line of Duty Death.
Services for Griffith will be held at 2:00 pm, Monday, March 10, 2025, at Freeman Funeral Home, 220 Main Avenue in Chapmanville.
