COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — Law enforcement officials plan to give updates on the two North Idaho fire battalion chiefs who were killed in the line of duty while responding to a brush fire.
Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris said he would give an update at 10 a.m. on Tuesday. You can watch that press conference here.
According to the Coeur d’Alene Fire Department, Battalion Chief John Morrison Jr., 53, of the Coeur d’Alene Fire Department and Battalion Chief Frank Harwood, 42, of Kootenai County Fire & Rescue, died in what officials described as an ambush while the firefighters battled a wildfire on Canfield Mountain.
Both were longtime members of the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) 7th District, with Morrison serving in Local 710 and Harwood in Local 2856.
Coeur d’Alene Fire Department Engineer Dave Tysdayl was hurt in the attack and has been recovering at a facility in Colorado. The in the wake of the shooting.
