{"id":206036,"date":"2026-03-25T21:49:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T21:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/206036\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T21:49:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T21:49:07","slug":"jfrd-engineer-who-came-from-family-of-firefighters-dies-at-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/206036\/","title":{"rendered":"JFRD engineer, who came from family of firefighters, dies at 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla.  \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/THEJFRD\/status\/2036902336736412045?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/THEJFRD\/status\/2036902336736412045?s=20\">Jacksonville Fire and Rescue said<\/a> that one of its engineers, Colton R. Tibbetts, died on Wednesday morning. He was 23. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">In a post on social media, JFRD said that Tibbetts joined the agency three years ago, and in November, was promoted to engineer at just 22 years old. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This morning, active duty Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department Engineer Colton Tibbetts passed away.<\/p>\n<p>He was a beloved son, brother, friend, and a dedicated firefighter who served our community with pride.<\/p>\n<p>Colton followed in his father Brian\u2019s footsteps when he joined JFRD\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tlnyyf7hSH\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/tlnyyf7hSH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 THEJFRD (@THEJFRD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/THEJFRD\/status\/2036902336736412045?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 25, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cHe was a beloved son, brother, friend, and a dedicated firefighter who served our community with pride,\u201d JFRD said. \u201cWe ask that you keep the Tibbetts family, his crew, and all members of JFRD in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Jacksonville Firefighters Death Benefit Fund also posted to social media with a tribute to Tibbetts, noting that he came from a family of firefighters. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The post also stated that Tibbetts died following a single-vehicle crash that happened on Wednesday morning. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The page said it will update the community on funeral arrangements once they are finalized. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Jacksonville Fire and Rescue said that one of its engineers, Colton R. Tibbetts, died on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117,12814],"class_list":["post-206036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jfrd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}