North Idaho firefighters killed in Canfield Mountain ambush identified, procession planned for Tuesday

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UPDATE: June 30 at 5:25 p.m.

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – Fallen Battalion Chiefs John Morrison and Frank Harwood will return home Tuesday morning, according to a press release.

A procession of emergency vehicles will leave the Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office at 10:00 a.m.

The motorcade will travel east on I-90 to the Sherman Avenue exit in Coeur d’Alene, then west on Sherman to 4th Street, and finally north to The English Funeral Chapel.

The community is encouraged to safely line the route to pay their respects.

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — The Kootenai County and Coeur d’Alene Fire Chiefs, Chris Way and Thomas Greif, identified the two slain firefighters in a press conference Monday.

Batallion Chief Frank Harwood, 42, of Kootenai County Fire and Rescue, was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital Sunday.

Batallion Chief John Morrison, of Coeur d’Alene Fire, was also pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.

Both firefighters sustained gunshot wounds while responding to the fire on Canfield Mountain.

Coeur d’Alene Engineer David Tysdal also sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was transported to the hospital Sunday. According to the Coeur d’Alene Fire Department, Tysdal has undergone mutliple surgeries and remains in critical condition.


 

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