Incident Name:
Date: March 23, 1967
Personnel: Virginia Faye Bolton
Age: 32
Agency/Organization: Gap-of-the-Mountain Volunteer Fire Department, Clanton, Alabama
Position: firefighter
Summary: On March 23, 1987, Virginia Faye Bolton, a firefighter with Gap-of-the-Mountain Volunteer Fire Department was returning from a woods fire when her tanker rolled over. She died of severe thermal burns resulting from being trapped in the cab of the tanker.
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Gap-of-the-Mountain Volunteer Fire Department, Clanton, Alabama
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Reports, Documentation, Lessons Learned
- USFA Memorial Database: Virginia Faye Bolton
- US Social Security Death Index: Virginia Boulton
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Photos, Videos, & Tributes
- Alabama Fallen Firefighters list: 1987, Virginia Faye Bolton
- Alabama State Fallen Firefighter Memorial located at the Alabama Fire Academy in Tuscaloosa AL
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