12/29/2022
Words cannot express how we feel.
Travis was one of the best people we have ever worked with, trained with, laughed with and been friends with. We love you and will miss you truly.
Repost From Austin Fire:
We are brokenhearted as we share the news that Battalion Chief Travis Maher (Battalion 1/C shift), a 23-year veteran of our department, died today after a valiant fight with cancer.
Among his many accomplishments, Travis, 49, was part of the ; he was a proud graduate of the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Class of 1996 and a long-standing member of . He was deployed to several of our nation’s most significant disasters, including being one of 10 individuals from the Austin Fire Department who were sent to Ground Zero immediately following 9/11.
He leaves behind his wife, Lauren, and his two sons, Riley (18) and Maddox (16).
Final arrangements are pending. Please keep Travis’s family, friends, and “fire family” in your thoughts and prayers during this most difficult time.
(Photo credits: © Austin Fire Department; Texas A&M Task Force 1) We are brokenhearted as we share the news that Battalion Chief Travis Maher (Battalion 1/C shift), a 23-year veteran of our department, died today after a valiant fight with cancer.
Among his many accomplishments, Travis, 49, was part of the ; he was a proud graduate of the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Class of 1996 and a long-standing member of . He was deployed to several of our nation’s most significant disasters, including being one of 10 individuals from the Austin Fire Department who were sent to Ground Zero immediately following 9/11.
He leaves behind his wife, Lauren, and his two sons, Riley (18) and Maddox (16).
Final arrangements are pending. Please keep Travis’s family, friends, and “fire family” in your thoughts and prayers during this most difficult time.
(Photo credits: © Austin Fire Department; Texas A&M Task Force 1)