The Idaho firefighters killed and wounded in a bloody mountainside ambush were identified as decades-long veterans of their departments who were “dedicated” to their communities and families,

The two slain firefighters, who have not been identified, died on the way to the Kootenai Health campus in Coeur d’Alene, a hospital spokesperson said. One was from the Coeur D’Alene Fire Department, and the other was from Kootenai County Fire and Rescue, authorities said.

Two firefighters were killed and a third wounded in northern Idaho, police say, when an armed man ambushed them after intentionally setting a brush fire to lure them to the scene.