Firefighter Donald Marsh

Cicero Fire Department

Date of Death: March 12, 1980

On March 11, 1980, at 7:58 p.m., the Cicero Fire Department was dispatched to a reported structure fire at the intersection of Brewerton Road and Route 31. Upon arrival, the first responding Cicero Chiefs transmitted a working fire in a two‑story wood‑frame structure. While crews were operating on scene, Firefighter Marsh began experiencing shoulder and chest pains. This was immediately reported to the Chief, and he was promptly relieved of his assigned duties. As he prepared to leave the scene, Firefighter Marsh mentioned that he planned to follow up with his physician the next morning. Tragically, on March 12, 1980, he succumbed to his injury, later determined to be a heart attack. Firefighter Marsh passed away while at work at the age of 42.