Off-duty North Texas firefighter killed in motorcycle accident

IRVING, Texas – Joshua Brandes of the Irving Fire Department was killed in an off-duty motorcycle accident, the department confirmed Tuesday.

Brandes was a firefighter and paramedic with the Irving FD.

The department said Brandes died after a motorcycle accident Tuesday afternoon on FM 51 South near Lynch Bend Road in Springtown.

“Members of the IFD Honor Guard are currently standing guard over FEO Brandes and will continue to do so until his funeral. “We have a long road ahead of us and I will try to be as open as possible when it comes to details as they become available,” the department said in a statement.

According to Decatur Police Chief Delvon Campbell, Brandes was also a Decatur PD officer for three years and was also a school resource officer last school year.

“Josh was a true servant who loved serving his Decatur and Irving communities. Josh was one of those people who always had a positive attitude about everything. He loved his family very much and will be missed by all who knew him,” Chief Campbell said in a statement.

He said he will always remember Brandes “as a loving husband, father and Christian.”

Further information about the crash was not immediately available.

This is a developing story. We will update this article as we gather more information.