Fire and law enforcement officials confirmed the death of a Butler County Fire Protection District shift commander after one of their fire apparatus was involved in a rollover crash Friday.
Jackson Warren, 27, was responding to an emergency call Friday around 4 p.m. on MO-W when the crash happened, kfvs12.com reported.
Police said no other injuries were reported in the crash.
According to the Missouri Fire Service Funeral Assistance Team, Warren was serving his first shift as shift commander after recently promoted.
Warren joined the department in October 2021.
"We are saddened to hear of the loss of Butler County Fire Protection District Shift Commander Jackson Warren last night in the line of duty while responding to a field fire," Gov. Mike Kehoe said in a statement.
In a post on Facebook, Butler County EMS wrote: "Today our county lost one of our own. A firefighter, a neighbor, a friend, and a brother in the first responder family. In small communities like ours, these losses hit differently. Firefighters, EMS, law enforcement, dispatchers we all answer the same calls, stand on the same scenes, and carry the same weight. When one of us falls, the entire first responder family feels it."
Warren is survived by his parents, Jay and Candace Warren and his daughter, Oaklyn.
