Eugene “Geno” McDonough served for 19 years. On September 5, 1998, he responded on Engine Company 3 to a mutual aid call for a multiple alarm warehouse fire at the PMI Building in Lyndonville, VT. During exterior operations, he walked up to the building and opened the large doors to allow hose streams to reach inside the structure. As he was returning to his position, the doors closed. When he returned to open the doors, a parapet wall above them collapsed onto him. He was pulled from the rubble but pronounced dead at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital.