USFA LODD: South Carolina Firefighter On-Duty Death Notification 12.02.2016

On  December 2, 2016 at 1741hrs, after responding to a motor vehicle accident call with the Whitesville Fire Department and then returning home, Assistant Fire Chief Jeffery A. Worsham, 45, was found in the morning by his spouse in cardiac arrest. The Whitesville Fire Department responded to Assistant Fire Chief Worsham’s residence where he was treated and transported to the hospital but succumbed to his injury several days later.
    

Our condolences to the Worsham Family & Friends, Whitesville Rural Volunteer Fire Department, and to all affected by Assistant Fire Chief Jeffery A. Worsham’s passing.  

  

To date, 83 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2016. Yea-to-date monthly and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online at U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) Fatality Notices page.

(The usual disclaimers: I am not a journalist; This is a blog that expresses an outlook and is not conclusive in any shape or manner.)