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    Funeral Arrangements: Chief Scott Morrison

    ShareTweet PRESS RELEASE:  Knotts Island Volunteer Fire Department, March 5, 2013 Chief Scott Andrew Morrison, 44, of Knotts Island, NC passed away on March 3rd, 2013.  Born in Teaneck, NJ,
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    LODD: Knotts Island Fire Chief Scott Morrison

    ShareTweet It’s with a heavy heart that VAFireNews.com reports the death of Knotts Island (NC) Volunteer Fire Department Chief Scott Morrison. From The Virginian Pilot: Scott Morrison, fire chief for
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    Bloxom Firefighter Funeral: ‘David left us in full flower’

    ShareTweet PARKSLEY — Hundreds of Eastern Shore of Virginia residents from all walks of life gathered Friday to mourn 30-year-old Bloxom Volunteer Fire Company Rescue Lieutenant David R. Chew Jr.,
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    LODD – Fatal Wreck Claims the Life of Bloxom Firefighter David Chew Jr.

    ShareTweet Bloxom VFD Chaplain and Northampton County Dept. of EMS Medic David R. Chew Jr. died in a single vehicle accident this morning around 11:30am. The wreck occurred  on Nelsonia Road
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    Tribute to an unsung hero

    ShareTweet Today we bid farewell to a hero, Lt. John L. Echternach Jr., of the Boones Mill Volunteer Fire Department. John never piloted a disabled jetliner to safe landing in
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    Boones Mill LODD – Lt. John L. Echternach Jr.

    ShareTweet Lt. John L. Echternach Jr. Funeral: Saturday, July 7 at 10am at Franklin Heights Baptist Church Sanctuary (110 Hilltop Drive in Rocky Mount) Fire departments sending crews to the
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    Petersburg Commemorates 30th Anniversary of Death of Firefighter

    ShareTweet PETERSBURG – Michael Goff was Petersburg Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services’ first and, so far, only firefighter to die in the line of duty. He died March 19, 1982.
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    LODD – Norfolk Firefighter Jonathan Myers Dies at Firehouse

    ShareTweet This morning (Monday), Veteran Firefighter Jonathan Myers, 54, was found unconscious in the bunkroom of the West Ocean View firehouse #13 in Norfolk. Fellow firefighters immediately began life saving measures
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    Funeral Arrangements for Zachary Whitacre

    ShareTweet Zachary Taylor “Zach” Whitacre, 21, of Gore, VA, died on Monday, February 13, 2012 at Winchester Medical Center in the line of duty as result of a traffic accident.
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    LODD – Firefighter Zach Whitacre, 21, of Gore VFR Dies in Apparatus Accident

    ShareTweet Zachary Whitacre, 21, died this morning when the apparatus he was riding on lost control and overturned. Zach was a member of the Gore Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department
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    Paramedic Joshua Weissman LODD Funeral Arrangements

    ShareTweet Previous Coverage of this incident here Related: Local fire officials remember, mourn Joshua Weissman From: http://alexandriava.gov/LODDJWeissman WHEN:           Wednesday, February 15, 2012 Thursday, February 16, 2012 WHERE:         Alexandria, Virginia WHO:             Paramedic Joshua
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    LODD – Alexandria FD Paramedic Joshua Weissman Succumbs to Injuries After Fall From I-395

    ShareTweet Previous coverage of this incident here. Alexandria Fire Department Paramedic Joshua Weissman has died after succumbing to injuries after a fall. Weissman fell after trying to cross a 3
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    LODD – Timothy Kyle Southern

    ShareTweet Timothy Kyle Southern passed away in a collision on Friday afternoon when the ambulance he was driving crossed the centerline of Route 20 in Buckingham County and collided with
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    LODD Arrangements for Fairfax County Firefighter Horace Pendergrass

    ShareTweet Previous coverage here Viewing Wednesday October 26th from 6PM to 8PM at Everly Funeral Home 10565 Main Street Fairfax, VA 22030 Funeral Thursday October 27th at 10AM Greater Little
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    LODD – Fairfax County Firefighter Horace C. “Chris” Pendergrass

    ShareTweet The Fairfax County Fire & Rescue Department regrets to announce the line of duty death of Firefighter Horace C. (“Chris”) Pendergrass. Firefighter Pendergrass, a 20+ year veteran of the
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