Shane Michael Clifton
City of St. Paul Fire Department
St. Paul, Minnesota
On August 31, 2015, 38-year-old Firefighter/Paramedic Shane Michael Clifton was on duty nine hours into his 24-hour shift and had been on five of the six calls that St. Paul Engine/Medic 14 had responded to that day. Approximately 45 minutes after returning to Station 14, he suffered a cardiac arrest in the watch office.
Firefighter Clifton joined the St. Paul Fire Department in 2007, spending most of his career at Station 14. He served as both a firefighter and a paramedic for the city of St. Paul. He participated in two humanitarian missions in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake there.
Shane served in the US Navy as well as private and fire based EMS. “Shane was the consummate professional and a proud member of a career that he truly loved.”
Firefighter Clifton wore his St. Paul fire badge close to his heart for the job he loved. At his funeral, his fellow firefighters presented his badges to two little girls who always put a smile on his face — his 1- and 8-year-old daughters.
He was remembered as a man who could be tough when fighting blazes, but who had a compassionate side for the patients to whom he tended as a paramedic.
Honored 2016