Adam Finseth biography: 13 things about Burnsville, Minnesota firefighter

Adam Loren Finseth was an American firefighter from Minnesota, United States. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He was a resident of Savage, Minnesota.
2. Aside from Savage, he lived in other parts of Minnesota including Rochester and Bloomington.
3. He also lived in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, USA and Clarksville, Tennessee, USA.
4. When he was in the U.S. Army, he served in the U.S. Army’s Bravo Company 1st battalion 327th Infantry during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
5. From 1997 to 2001, he attended John Marshall High School in Rochester.
6. From October 2003 to February 2009, he was an infantry squad leader in the U.S. Army.
7. From 2009 to 2010, he attended Hennepin Technical College in Minneapolis, Minnesota where he earned his fire suppression certificate. From August 2009 to May 2010, he was a veterans resource center representative at the school.
8. In January 2012, he joined Northfield EMS in Northfield, Minnesota as an emergency medical technician.
9. From 2010 to 2012, he attended South Central College in North Mankato, Minnesota where he studied intensive care paramedicine. In October 2010, he joined Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis as an emergency department technician.
10. On January 20, 2018, he and five other firefighters were recognized by the Savage Fire Department after taking the new firefighter oath of service.
11. In 2019, he was hired as a firefighter and paramedic for Burnsville, Minnesota.
12. In March 2023, he turned 40.
13. On February 18, 2024, he responded to a residence in Burnsville. He and Burnsville Police Department officers Paul Elmstrand and Matthew Ruge were fatally shot by Shannon Cortez Gooden, who later died via a self-inflicted gunshot wound.