Overview
- Mourners gathered at the Bayou City Event Center for a city-livestreamed service featuring tributes from colleagues, classmates and friends.
- Mayor John Whitmire issued a proclamation declaring Dec. 30, 2025 Brandy Allinience Day in Houston.
- The Houston Fire Department deemed the 39-year-old’s Dec. 16 death an in-custody line-of-duty loss based on presumed occupational cancer.
- Allinience joined HFD in 2014, served at Stations 29, 52, 73 and 28, most recently at 21/B, and received honors from the Houston Black Firefighters Association and the International Association of Fire Fighters.
- The Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act signed Dec. 17 by President Donald Trump recognizes occupational-cancer firefighter deaths as line-of-duty and provides death and education benefits to families.