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Name: Richard Lynn Rhea
Rank: Captain
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Status: Volunteer
Years of Service: 32
Date of Incident: 01/24/2009
Time of Incident: 0230hrs
Date of Death: 01/24/2009
Fire Department: Crawfordville Volunteer Fire Department
Address: PO Box 490, 88 Cedar Ave., Crawfordville, FL 32326 (USNG: 16R GU 5240 4221)
Map:
http://floridadisaster.org/gis/kml/viewer.htm?zoom=16&usng=16RGU52404221&disp=h
Fire Department Chief: D’Arcy Brazier
Incident Description: At the scene of a motor vehicle accident, Captain Rhea reportedly slipped on wet grass located on the roadway shoulder and fell causing him to come into contact with a live downed power line. Rhea passed away from his injuries.
Incident Location: 1105 Lower Bridge Road/Millers Way (USNG: 16R GU 5783 4070)
Map View:
http://floridadisaster.org/gis/kml/viewer.htm?zoom=16&usng=16RGU57834070&disp=h
Visitation: 01/26/2009, 1600-2000hrs; 01/27/2009, 1100-1400hrs and 1500-1900hrs at the Harvey Young Funeral Home, 3106 Crawfordville Hwy., Crawfordville, FL (USNG: 16RGU52774104)
Map: http://floridadisaster.org/gis/kml/viewer.htm?zoom=16&usng=16RGU52774104&disp=h
Funeral Services: 01/28/2009 at 1500hrs, Crawfordville United Methodist Church, 176 Ochlockonee St., Crawfordville, FL (USNG: 16R GU 5267 4133).
Map: http://floridadisaster.org/gis/kml/viewer.htm?zoom=16&usng=16RGU52674133&disp=h
Memorial Fund Contact and Address: In honor of Fire Captain Richard Lynn Rhea, c/o Crawfordville Volunteer Fire Department, PO Box 490, Crawfordville, FL 32326
Tribute is being paid to Fire Captain Richard Lynn Rhea at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/
To date, 4 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2009 as a result of incidents that occurred in 2009. USFA does not have a Line-of-Duty-Death (LODD) criterion nor does it make LODD determinations. Please note, running totals of firefighter fatalities used on these initial notices do not necessarily reflect the number of firefighter fatalities used in totals for the (provisional) monthly year-to-date USFA firefighter fatality reports, or year-end (provisional) reports posted online (http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/statistics/ff_stats.shtm). Firefighter fatalities in USFA reports are summarized by date/year-of-incident. Initial notices posted online (http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/) and distributed via USFA listserve do not represent the final on-duty firefighter fatality determination by USFA for such reports, nor LODD determination made by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (http://www.FireHero.org) for names added each subsequent year to the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, MD, they are the beginning of a research process for each firefighter fatality reported so that such determinations can be made.
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