DeVenere worked with Whatcom County Fire District 7 since 2000, and was a volunteer firefighter for several years before that, according to The Bellingham Herald.

Capt. John DeVenere of Whatcom County Fire District 7 is shown in an undated fire department photo wearing the rank of lieutenant. DeVenere died Friday in a snowboarding accident in the Mount ...

Capt. John DeVenere of Whatcom County Fire District 7 is shown in an undated fire department photo wearing the rank of lieutenant. DeVenere died Friday in a snowboarding accident in the Mount ...

Capt. John DeVenere of Whatcom County Fire District 7 is shown in an undated fire department photo wearing the rank of lieutenant. DeVenere died Friday in a snowboarding accident in the Mount ...

Capt. John DeVenere of Whatcom County Fire District 7 is shown in an undated fire department photo wearing the rank of lieutenant. DeVenere died Friday, March 1, 2024, in a snowboarding accident ...

Capt. John DeVenere of Whatcom County Fire District 7 is shown in an undated fire department photo wearing the rank of lieutenant. DeVenere died Friday, March 1, 2024, in a snowboarding accident ...

An off-duty Ferndale firefighter was killed while snowboarding near Mount Baker on Friday. Whatcom County Fire District 7 shared his photo, saying firefighters are mourning the loss of their ...

Fire service colleagues on Monday escorted the body of an off-duty Ferndale firefighter who died in a snowboarding accident last week, from a Bellingham funeral home to a funeral home in Mount ...

Fire service colleagues on Monday escorted the body of an off-duty Ferndale firefighter who died in a snowboarding accident last week, from a Bellingham funeral home to a funeral home in Mount Vernon.

Capt. John DeVenere of Whatcom County Fire District 7 is shown in an undated fire department photo wearing the rank of lieutenant. DeVenere died Friday in a snowboarding accident in the Mount ...