Name: Brian Hatt
EOW: Monday, August 25, 2025
Rank: Lieutenant
Age: 51
Department: Raywick Fire Department
State: Kentucky
Activity Type: Driving/Operating Vehicle/Apparatus
Incident Details:
On August 22, 2025, Lieutenant Brian Hatt was driving a fire department pumper as he was responding to a mutual aid call. During the response, the vehicle veered out of control, hit an embankment, and overturned.
Lieutenant Hatt was ejected from the vehicle as it rolled. Lieutenant Hatt was flown by helicopter from the scene and transported to a hospital where he passed away on August 25, 2025, from the injuries sustained in the accident.
Another firefighter who was a passenger in the vehicle was also flown by helicopter to a hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Cause of Death: Vehicle Collision – Includes Aircraft
Nature of Death: Trauma
Duty Type: Responding
Incident Date: August 22, 2025 5:17 PM
Fixed Property Use: Street/Road