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U.S. Fire Administration Firefighter Fatality Notification - Millers Creek, NC

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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: PO Box 829, 5200 Boone TRL, Millers Creek, NC 28651 (USNG: 17SMA77820478)

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 Wilkes Regional Medical Center.  He was then taken to the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center via Air Care where he passed away from an apparent heart attack.

 

Incident Location: Amelia Drive (USNG: 17S MA 7952 0019)

Map View:

http://www.fidnet.com/~jlmoore/usng/?zoom=15&usng=17SMA79520019&disp=h

 

Funeral Arrangements:  Visitation will be at Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home, 270 Armory Road, North Wilkesboro, NC, on 02/05/2009 from 1800-2000hrs. Funeral will be held at Millers Creek Baptist Church (www.millerscreekbaptist.org), 5100 Boone TRL, Millers Creek, NC, on 02/06/2009 at 1130hrs with graveside service to follow at Stony Hill Baptist Church in Parsonsville, NC.

 

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, 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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