Incident Name:
Date: 1/26/1995
Personnel: Lathan Grant Smith, Jr
Age: 37
Agency/Organization: East Providence Volunteer Fire Department
Position: firefighter, chief
Summary: On January 26, Chief Lathan Grant Smith, Jr., of the East Providence Volunteer Fire Department died after suffering a heart attack while fighting a brush fire.
Maps
East Providence Volunteer Fire Department, Taladega, AL
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Reports, Documentation, Lessons Learned
- Information and analysis included in the Firefighter Fatality Report for 1995 (297 K pdf)
- Lathan G Smith, Jr named as fallen
- USFA Memorial Database: Lathan Grant Smith, Jr and he’s memorialized at the National Fallen Firefighters Monument in Emmitsburg, MD.On January 26, Chief Lathan Grant Smith, Jr., of the East Providence Volunteer Fire Department died after suffering a heart attack while fighting a brush fire. Chief Grant was a founder of the East Providence VFD and a career firefighter with the Talladega Fire Department.
- United States Social Security Death Index: Lathan G Smith
- Name: Lathan G Smith
- Birth Date: 7 September 1957
- Social Security Number: 419-88-6060
- State: Alabama
- Last Place of Residence: Munford, Talladega, Alabama
- Previous Residence Postal Code: 36268
- Event Date: 26 January 1995
- Age: 38
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Media Articles and Reports
Photos, Videos, & Tributes
- Alabama Fallen Firefighters list: 1995, Lathan Grant Smith, Jr
- Alabama State Fallen Firefighter Memorial, located at the Alabama Fire College in Tuscaloosa, AL
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