Javan Settles was a firefighter with the Ontario (CA) Fireplace Division who tragically handed away on Thursday, December nineteenth, 2024.

Settles’s tragic loss of life occurred off-duty, in line with the assertion from the OFD. No reason behind loss of life was publicly listed.

The late firefighter had served for a yr with OFD on the time of his demise.

“It’s with deep unhappiness that the Ontario Fireplace Division shares the off-duty passing of Firefighter Javan Settles on Thursday, December 19, 2024,” the OFD assertion learn. “Firefighter Settles started his profession with our division in 2023 and beforehand served with distinction on the FDNY and the Lengthy Seashore Fireplace Division.”

OFD famous Settles had left a permanent legacy on the Division regardless of his comparatively quick interval of service. He was praised for his glorious work ethic and overwhelmingly optimistic angle.

“We prolong our deepest condolences to Firefighter Settles’ household, pals, and colleagues throughout this tough time,” the assertion concluded.

The Lengthy Seashore Fireplace Division, his former station, additionally expressed shock on the information.

“Brother Jarvan served alongside us as one in every of your Lengthy Seashore Firefighters for over a decade earlier than changing into an Ontario Firefighter final yr,” they stated in a press release. “He was deeply beloved, extremely revered, and is dearly missed,”

Settles, of Thousand Oaks in California, is initially from Queens in New York. He graduated Royal Excessive Faculty in 1998 and proceeded to the Queensborough Neighborhood School of CUNY, graduating in 2005 with a level in Sports activities and Train.

He began his firefighting profession with the New York Metropolis Fireplace Division, working from November 2006 to August 2012 as a NYFD officer. Settles then joined the Lengthy Seashore Fireplace Division, working for nearly 11 years with Lengthy Seashore FD between August 2012 and March 2023. In March 2023, he left Lengthy Seashore for Ontario, becoming a member of the OFD.

To help the Settles household on this making an attempt time, a fundraiser has been organized by the OFD on givelively.