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Hero firefighter Tysdal retires

by KAYE THORNBRUGH
Staff Writer | February 20, 2026 1:09 AM

COEUR d’ALENE — David Tysdal, the fire engineer who survived a shooting that killed two fellow firefighters on Canfield Mountain last June, has retired from the Coeur d’Alene Fire Department after 24 years of service. 

The department announced Tysdal’s retirement Thursday. His final day was Jan. 31. 

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