{"id":3845,"date":"2018-10-03T03:56:50","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T07:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=3845"},"modified":"2026-04-28T14:02:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:02:50","slug":"north-carolina-fallen-firefighters-to-be-honored-at-national-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/north-carolina-fallen-firefighters-to-be-honored-at-national-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina Fallen Firefighters to be Honored at National Memorial – October 7, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post originated as a Facebook posting<\/a> on Legeros Fire Line.<\/em><\/p>\n

The 37th National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service<\/a> will be held on Sunday, October 7, 2018, at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, MD. The ceremony will honor the lives of 80 firefighters who died in the line of duty in 2017 and 23 firefighters who died in previous years. They include four firefighters from North Carolina, listed below.<\/p>\n

The names of the firefighters will be read, and their loved ones will receive an American flag that had been flown above the\u00a0National Fallen Firefighters Memorial\u00a0and the U.S. Capitol Dome. They will also be presented with a red rose and a special personalized badge. During the ceremony, a bronze plaque bearing the names of the fallen will be officially added to the national memorial.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The service begins at 10:00 a.m. and is open to the public.\u00a0The fallen firefighters\u00a0will be remembered at a Candlelight Service at the same location on Saturday, October 6, 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Visit\u00a0https:\/\/www.firehero.org\/<\/span><\/a>\u00a0for more information, including the 2018 Roll of Honor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Rufus E. Brinson Jr.<\/a>
\nReelsboro FD
\nDied 6\/6\/08
\nCollapsed during training<\/p>\n

Jason Keith Hensley<\/a>
\nTriple Community FD
\nDied 10\/9\/17
\nVehicle collision while responding to call<\/p>\n

Donald “Reid” Key II<\/a>
\nWhispering Pines FD
\nDied 12\/27\/16
\nBecame ill after returning home from fire station<\/p>\n

Eric Durean Lacewell<\/a>
\nWilmington FD
\nDied 11\/4\/14
\nInjuries from accident at station on 3\/31\/11<\/p>\n

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