Procession Escorted Slain ID Firefighters

    July 1, 2025
    Hundreds are lining the streets, many carrying flags, as the bodies of two battalion chiefs are escorted home.

    People are lining the roads as the bodies of two fallen firefighters are escorted home.

    Kootenai County Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief Frank Harwood, 42, and Coeur d'Alene Fire Battalion Chief John Morrison, 52, were shot and killed at a brush fire Sunday afternoon.

    Fire and EMS apparatus and police cruisers are escorting the two from the Spokane County Medical Examiner's Office, KREM reported. 

    The will be headed on I-90 to the Couer d'Alene exit.

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    Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues. 

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