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Eight Line of Duty Deaths So Far This Year

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We learned on Sunday of the passing of Severn Fire Chief Kevin Britt, who died on Saturday after suffering a medical emergency at his home, after responding to a motor-vehicle collision. See this [FireNews.net] story as well as his obituary [Internet Archive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20160624025547/http://www.rrspin.com/obituaries/item/12581-david-kevin-britt.html. He’s the eighth line of duty death in North Carolina thus …

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Kenly Firefighter John Davis is Laid to Rest

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Kenly Fire Department Firefighter John M. Davis Jr. was buried yesterday in his hometown in Johnston County. Hundreds of mourners gathered yesterday morning at Kenly Funeral Home & Cremations on East 2nd Street. Burial followed at Center Ridge Presbyterian Church on Glendale Road, with a procession of 60 fire trucks and emergency vehicles escorting the …

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Johnston County Line of Duty Deaths – Historical Perspective

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On Saturday and the same day that the state’s fallen firefighters were honored in a ceremony at Nash Square in downtown Raleigh, another member of the North Carolina fire service died in the line of duty. Kenly Firefighter John M. Davis Jr., 45, suffered a heart attack while working at the scene of an overturned …

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North Carolina Fallen Firefighters Ceremony – May 7, 2016

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This Saturday, May 7, 2016, the annual North Carolina Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service will be conducted at Nash Square in downtown Raleigh. The event starts at 1:00 p.m. and will be preceded with a parade at 10:00 a.m., featuring honor guards, pipes and drums, and fire apparatus. See event information. In addition, motorcyclists from across …

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Mecklenburg County Line of Duty Deaths – Historical Perspective

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Arrangements were announced today [link expired] for Pineville Firefighter Richard Sheltra, who died in the line of duty at a strip mall fire in Charlotte on Saturday. Sheltra is the seventeenth line-of-duty death in (or from ) Mecklenburg County. The first were recorded in 1914, when Charlotte Fire Chief J. Harvey Wallace and Captain William …

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Fallen Firefighter Research Resource – Find a Grave

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On Saturday, May 7, 2016, the annual memorial service for North Carolina’s fallen firefighters will be held at Nash Square in downtown Raleigh. More about that event in an upcoming blog post. ‘Tis also the season for Mr. Blogger to update his records, notably his fallen firefighter database. Rediscovered a nifty research resource on that …

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Wilson County Firefighter Dies During Training

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Bakertown Volunteer Fire Department volunteer firefighter James “Jim” R. Varnell, 53, died at the fire station on Webb Lake Road in Elm City on Tuesday. He was attending training and became ill as he was preparing to depart. His fellow firefighters quickly came to his aid and performed basic life-support measures. As additional resources arrived, …

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Siler City Firefighter Killed While Responding to Call

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Early Tuesday morning, Siler City Fire Department volunteer firefighter Joshua Woods, 24, was killed in a single-vehicle collision while responding to a cardiac arrest call in his personal vehicle. He was traveling south on Silk Hope Road when his 2004 Honda Accord left the roadway at approximately 1:11 a.m.His vehicle had crossed the center line, ...

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