The Avon Fire Department on Saturday announced the active-duty, off-duty death of a firefighter.
“It is with profound sadness that the Avon Fire Department announces the active-duty, off-duty death of Firefighter and Paramedic Justin Powers. Firefighter Powers died unexpectedly on Dec. 24, 2024,” the department said in a statement.
Powers joined the Avon Fire Department in August 2020 as a firefighter and emergency medical technician (EMT). Firefighter Powers’ career in EMS started in 2012. He went on to become a paramedic and graduated from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy with Class BW09. Firefighter Powers also worked for Boston MedFlight and served in the Massachusetts Army National Guard since 2014…