Incident Name: Prescribed burn in Mayking, KY
Date: 11/6/2004
Personnel: Charlie “Littleman” Webb
Age: 63
Agency/Organization: Mayking Volunteer Fire Department, Mayking, KY
Position: firefighter
Summary: Lieutenant Webb was a passenger in a pumper responding to the report of a forest fire. The driver pulled the apparatus off of the road when he was told that Lieutenant Webb was ill. Firefighters treated Lieutenant Webb for an apparent heart attack, and he was transported to the hospital. ALS-level treatment was provided by paramedics. He was pronounced dead at the hospital after all treatment efforts failed to revive him.
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Mayking Volunteer Fire Department, Mayking, KY
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- USFA Memorial Database: Charles Colbert “Littleman” Webb
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