Fire Captain Ted Hall dies in the Station Fire

News headline from the Los Angeles County Fire Department:

Fire Captain Tedmund D. “Ted” Hall, 47, was killed in the line of duty on Sunday during the Station Fire, when his emergency-response vehicle went over the side and fell 800 feet into a steep canyon during fire-suppression activities protecting Camp 16 in the City of Palmdale. Hall joined the Los Angeles County Fire Department on April 22, 1981, as a student worker.

Like many young students seeking a career in the fire service, he supported the department’s mission in this capacity before being accepted into the department’s fire academy in 1983, graduating with fellow classmates of the 64th Recruit Class on September 10, 1983. Upon graduation, he joined the crew at Fire Station 122 in serving the City of Lakewood. In March 1984, he transferred to Fire Station 28 in the City of Whittier and, in October 1985, joined the crew of Fire Station 43 in the City of La Puente. In December 1987, he joined the department’s Command and Control team of fire dispatchers until November 1988, when he was promoted to the rank of Fire Fighter Specialist.

He served as an engineer for 12 years in a number of locations, including Fire Stations 149, 165 and 90, and also at Camp 2 in La Canada Flintridge and at Camp 11 in Acton. In January 2001, he was promoted to Fire Captain and served at Fire Stations 73, 11 and 33.

His last assignment was Camp 16 in the Palmdale, where he was assigned in May 2001. Hall is survived by his wife, Katherine; sons Randall, 21, and Steven, 20; and parents, Roland Ray and Donna Marie Hall.

Hall died with Arnie Quinones, also of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

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