Services Set For South Jersey Woman Killed On Way To Fight Fire

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, NJ - Funeral services for a 21-year-old woman who was killed on Christmas Day while she was on her way to fight a fire in New Jersey will be held this weekend.

Services for Natalie Dempsey, of Mays Landing, will take place on Sunday, Dec. 30, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Absegami High School in Galloway Township, the Mizpah Volunteer Fire Company announced.

“This is an open invitation for all firefighters and apparatus,” the fire company said in its announcement. “We are sending our girl off loud and proud. See you all there. Thanks again for all your support.”

Fire apparatus are asked to be at the Mizpah fire station, 6478 Dehirsch Avenue in Mizpah, between 11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. They will then all drive to the high school together. Anyone who will be late or wants to go directly to the high school should be there between 12:30 p.m. and 12:45 p.m.

Absegami High School is located at 201 South Wrangleboro Road in Galloway.

Dempsey pronounced dead after she was hurt in a crash while on a fire call, according to police and firefighters. The crash happened at approximately 6:19 a.m. when officers from the Hamilton Police Department responded to Landis Avenue, just west of Estelle Avenue, on a report of a single car motor vehicle crash.

Fire officials told nj.com that Dempsey, who was vice president of the Mizpah Fire Company, was headed to the firehouse to suit up and hop into a firetruck "as she had done so many times before."

Dempsey was operating a black 2001 Honda Accord westbound on Landis Avenue when she lost control of her vehicle and went off the roadway, striking a guardrail, police said.

Dempsey was pronounced dead at the scene. Assisting at the scene were the Mizpah and Mays Landing Fire Departments and the Hamilton Rescue Squad.

Read more here: South Jersey Woman, 21, Killed On Christmas On Way To Fight Fire

Mizpah Volunteer Fire Company Fire Co. photo.