Updated with video and story from WSLS on Thursday Morning ( below).
Updated with Funeral Procession information for Fire Apparatus etc. below the original release.
It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Pulaski Fire Department Firefighter Jeffrey H. Reed. Firefighter Reed was operating a Fire Engine at the scene of a structure fire on Hogan’s Place Rd. in Pulaski County on June 5, 2009. He began to experience a medical issue and was transported to the Pulaski Community Hospital by REMSI and was then transferred to UVA Medical Center in Charlottesville VA where he passed away on June 8, 2009. Firefighter Reed had served the Town as a paid Town of Pulaski Firefighter since 2002 and was a volunteer Firefighter prior to that.
The Town of Pulaski extends our deepest sympathy to his family. Funeral arrangements follow:
The funeral arrangements are with Stevens Funeral Home, with the viewing from 6-8 pm on Thursday, the 11th and the funeral on Friday, the 12th at 11 am. Burial will be in the Reed Family Cemetery at the end of Valley Road.
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Updated Funeral Arrangments:
Town of Pulaski FD
Firefighter Reed
Funeral Service Procedures
June 10, 2009
Apparatus placement will be on streets around Stevens Funeral Home at 815 Randolph Ave. Pulaski VA 24301. Since we will be going back down Randolph Ave., apparatus should be turned around headed south. After funeral service, the precession will proceed back down Randolph Ave. (South). The burial will take place at the family cemetery at the end of Valley Rd. This is not a through road, it ends, and parking is very limited. We ask any apparatus and personnel attending the burial to park on both sides of Valley Rd. between Commerce and First Streets SW (across tracks) and be shuttled to the burial site by school buses staged at First St SW. Due to the parking limitations, Pulaski FD apparatus will be the only fire/EMS apparatus allowed past First Street SW. Those not attending the burial may participate in the precession and exit left at West Main Street traffic light or Commerce Street intersection at RR tracks. Any questions please contact the Pulaski FD at 540-994-8662.
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This is awful.. I grew up right next door to Jeff and the rest of his family, lived there for 17 years. I can’t believe that this would happen, it really makes you think. Rest in peace Jeff, the world has one less person to keep us safe.