FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Notification of Firefighter Death
Visitation on December 28, 2013 at Youngsville Fire Department Station 1, 803 Wheaton Ave. Youngsville, NC 27596 from 12:30pm to 2:30pm.
Funeral immediately following visitation on December 28, 2013 at Youngsville BaptistChurch, 315 E. Main St. Youngsville, NC 27596 at 3 pm
On the evening of Thursday December 12th, 2013, Assistant Chief Jeffery “Jeff” Lee Fields responded to a motor vehicle accident. The next morning Assistant Chief Fields experienced a medical emergency and was transported to WakeMedicalCenter. He remained in the hospital for a week and a half and then was released to come home by medical staff. Assistant Chief Fields passed away at his home on the morning of December 25, 2013. Assistant Chief Fields served with the Youngsville Volunteer Fire Department for thirty years.
Youngsville Volunteer Fire Department
803 Wheaton AveYoungsville, NC27596
Contact Person: Darrell Chalk (919)332-8414
Special Notification: Any fire apparatus attending the visitation and funeral is requested to stage on Wheaton by way of Park Ave (US-1 Alternate) to Franklin Park Drive.
Contact Person: Darrell Chalk (919)332-8414
Memorial contributions may be made to the North Carolina Fallen Firefighters Association, 2501 Blue Ridge Road, Suite 250, Raleigh, NC 27607 or to the Youngsville Baptist Church, Window Preservation Fund, P.O. Box 297, Youngsville, NC 27596.
Youngsville Baptist Church
315 E. Main St. Youngsville, NC 27596
Youngsville Volunteer Fire Department
803 Wheaton AveYoungsville, NC27596
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