Vernon Collett, 60, collapsed while fighting a field fire in rural Missouri Saturday afternoon. Collett had been with the ...

A fire captain in Johnson County, Missouri, has died in the line of duty. The Johnson County Fire Protection District says ...

WARRENSBURG, Mo. (KCTV) - A tight-knit community is left mourning after the tragic loss of a fire captain over the weekend.

A Johnson County, Mo. fire captain will be honored for his service. Capt. Vernon Collett died on March 8. He collapsed after ...

Johnson County, Missouri, is mourning the loss of Captain Vernon Collett, who died on Saturday while battling a brush fire.

Gov. Mike Kehoe issued an order for flags to fly half-staff on Friday after a Johnson County firefighter died in the line of ...

Gov. Mike Kehoe ordered U.S. and Missouri flags at Johnson County government buildings to fly at half-staff on Friday in honor of Vernon Collett. Collett, 60, was a captain at the Johnson County Fire ...

A Johnson County Fire Protection District Captain is dead after fighting an active fire this afternoon, March 8.

Capt. Vernon Collett, a lifelong resident of the county he served, was with the Johnson County Fire Protection District for ...

New information about the death of a Missouri Fire Captain as his funeral arrangements continue to come together.

Vernon Collett died while in the line of duty this weekend while fighting a natural fire in a rural part of Johnson County.