Volunteer NJ Firefighter Natalie Dempsey ID’d As Victim In On-Duty Fatal Christmas Day Single-Vehicle Mays Landing Crash

MAYS LANDING, NJ. (THECOUNT) — Natalie Dempsey, of Mays Landing, New Jersey, has been identified as the volunteer New Jersey firefighter killed in a single-vehicle crash while on her way to answer a call on Christmas morning, according to reports.

Dempsey, 21, was on her way to a call when she lost control of her vehicle shortly before 6:30 a.m. Tuesday and struck a guardrail.

Davenport said Dempsey had been a volunteer firefighter for three years, hoped to become a police officer and attended the police academy over the summer. He said she was “a beautiful person … a light in the sky.” source

Dempsey was pronounced dead at the scene of multiple blunt force injuries consistent with the violent crash.

The Mays Landing Fire Department shared the news in a Facebook post:

“It is with great sadness that the Mays Landing Fire Department has learned of the untimely line of duty passing of a firefighter with one of our sister companies at Mizpah Volunteer Fire Company 18-2 this morning.

To our brothers and sisters at Mizpah Volunteer Fire Company 18-2 we stand with you and we mourn with you during this dark hour. Natalie Dempsey was a vibrant young firefighter who always had a smile on her face, and she will be greatly missed.

Please join us in extending our thoughts and prayers to Ms. Dempsey’s family as well as to her firehouse family during this tough time.

Natalie Dempsey, thank you for your service; we’ll take it from here.”

Anyone with possible information on the crash may contact police at 911.

Mays Landing is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within Hamilton Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. At the 2010 United States Census, the CDP’s population was 2,135. It is the county seat of Atlantic County, according to Wikipedia.