Jessica L. Wyman

Jessica L. Wyman, 52, longtime resident of Merrimack, NH died Tuesday Nov. 28, 2023, at Southern NH Medical Center in Nashua, NH after a courageous battle with occupational cancer from her 26 years as a fire fighter.

Jess worked for the Nashua Fire Department for 16 years and was the first female fire fighter to be promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in department history, retiring in 2017. Prior to that, Jess worked for the Merrimack Fire Department as a fire fighter / paramedic. She was also a Rescue Specialist for Massachusetts Task Force 1 (Urban Search and Rescue Team) and had been deployed several times throughout the country, including a 2-week deployment to New Orleans immediately following Hurricane Katrina. 

Jess also worked in several positions at Southern NH Medical Center as a paramedic and RN, and most recently as the Executive Director of In-Patient and Critical Care Services. In 2021, she graduated from Eastern Kentucky University receiving her Doctor of Nursing Practice.

Over the years Jess also competed in multiple sports, which included soccer, hockey, semi-pro football and was a world ranked power lifter and competed in competitive events around the country and in Europe.

In 2007, she created Camp Fully Involved, a weeklong program hosted at the NH Fire Academy for females ages 14 to 20 who have an interest in the fire service which focused on strength, confidence, and leadership. Jess lived by the program motto “tell me and I forget; show me and I remember; involve me and I understand.

Jess is survived by her husband of 27 years, Christopher T. Wyman of Merrimack, her mother Jan (Hamel) White also of Merrimack, and extended family. 

A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, December 9, 2023, at the Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua, NH from 10 AM – 2 PM. For further information, please follow Nashua Fire – Rescue social media accounts on Twitter and Facebook.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her memory to the following:

Camp Fully Involved, PO Box 671, Middletown, CT  06457, or Nashua Firemen’s Relief Association for funding the Member Assistance Team, 70 East Hollis Street, Nashua, NH 03060

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