Female Volunteer Firefighter Dies On Christmas Day While Responding To An Emergency Call

Female Volunteer Firefighter Dies On Christmas Day While Responding To An Emergency Call

Natalie Dempsey, a volunteer firefighter died in a car crash while
she was on her way to help others on Christmas Day in New Jersey, U.S. 

Police say the 21-year-old Dempsey was driving her black 2001 Honda
Accord in Hamilton Township about 6:20 a.m. Tuesday when she lost
control of the vehicle and crashed into a guardrail.  

Mizpah Volunteer Fire Company announced Dempsey’s death on Facebook
and said the 21-year-old was the vice president of the South Jersey
volunteer fire squad.  

“At this time the Mizpah Fire Company has to announce the passing of
Firefighter/Vice President Natalie Dempsey. Please keep her family in
your prayers. We will keep you all updated on any funeral arrangements.
This will be a funeral with full honors due to it being a line of duty
passing,” the company said in the post.  

Chief Jay Davenport told NJ.com he and a few other volunteer
firefighters responded to the fire call and were heading back to the
station when they stopped to help officers at the scene of the car
crash. Davenport said it “smashed” his heart when he realised it was
Dempsey who was killed in the wreck.  

Dempsey aspired to be a police officer and recently passed her
Firefighter 1 certification. She had been a volunteer firefighter for
the past three years.