Roll of Honor
Incident
Fire Marshal Roland Asebedo died as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Fire Marshal Asebedo had served with the Denton County Fire Marshal's Office for 18 years and had previously served four years with the Brisco County Fire Department, two years with the Highland Fire Department, and three years with the Coppell Fire Department.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Fire Marshal Roland Asebedo died on September 13, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 56.
He is one of 884 officers honored here.
Beginning in early 2020, law enforcement officers across the country contracted COVID-19 in the course of their duties. While much of the nation sheltered at home, they kept answering calls, making arrests, transporting prisoners, and working face to face with the public. There was no distance to be had from the job.
Corrections officers were hit hardest. Confined facilities and large populations meant constant, close, unavoidable exposure.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, two children, mother, and brother.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Fire Marshal Asebedo gave the Denton County Fire Marshal's Office 27 years.
Thank you for your service to the Denton community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Fire Marshal Asebedo.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Fire Marshal Roland Asebedo is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In TX, 204 of 2,421 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 8.4% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Roland Asebedo's cause is highlighted.
How Roland Asebedo Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Roland Asebedo is highlighted in Sep.