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The United States Fire Administration (USFA) has received notice of the following firefighter fatality:
Name: William Gray Parsons
Rank: Engineer
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Status: Volunteer
Years of Service: 20
Date of Incident: 01/31/2009
Time of Incident: 2330hrs
Date of Death: 02/01/2009
Fire Department: Millers Creek Fire Department
Address:
Map:
http://floridadisaster.org/gis/kml/viewer.htm?zoom=15&usng=17SMA77820478&disp=h
Fire Department Chief: Jason Smithey
Fire Department Website: www.millerscreekfire.com
Incident Description: Upon arrival to the scene of a residential structure fire, Engineer Parsons, the apparatus operator, complained to a fellow firefighter that he was not feeling well and was experiencing serious discomfort in his chest. Engineer Parsons then reportedly slumped over the steering wheel of the apparatus. He was treated by paramedics on the scene then transported to
Incident Location:
Map View:
http://www.fidnet.com/~jlmoore/usng/?zoom=15&usng=17SMA79520019&disp=h
Funeral Arrangements: Visitation will be at Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home,
Memorial Fund Contact and Address: Memorials to the Gray Parsons Memorial Fund can be made through any North Carolina State Employees Credit Union (www.ncsecu.org).
Tribute is being paid to Engineer William Gray Parsons at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/
To date, 8 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,
The United States Fire Administration recommends everyone should have a comprehensive fire protection plan that includes smoke alarms, residential sprinklers, and practicing a home fire escape plan.
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