U.S. Fire Administration

The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official line of duty death of Lieutenant Roy Everett Westover Jr., 41, of the Westover Area Volunteer Fire Company on October 24, 2009.

Lieutenant Westover began to feel ill while on a hose line at the scene of a structure fire. An advance life support team that was on the scene of the fire rendered immediate care to Westover before transporting him to Miners Medical Center, PA, where he succumbed to his injury. The nature of the fatal injury appears to have been a heart attack. The causes of both the fire and firefighter fatality, however, remain under investigation by the Pennsylvania State Police Fire Marshal's Office and Cambria County Coroner's Office respectively.

Funeral Arrangements:
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 – Viewing at Dimmick’s Funeral Home, 91 Rose Street, Irvona (Clearfield County), 1400-1600hrs and 1800-2000hrs. The Firefighter Memorial Service will be held at 2000hrs.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 – Viewing at the Westover Baptist Church in Westover from 1000-1300hrs. The Funeral service will be at 1300hrs with the Burial to follow in the church cemetery.

Memorial Fund Contact and Address:
A memorial fund has been established in Lt Westover’s honor at:
“Roy E. Westover, Jr. Memorial Fund”
First National Bank, 297 Beaver St, Hastings, PA 16646.

Tribute is being paid to Lieutenant Roy Everett Westover Jr. at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/

To date, 77 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2009; 75 from incidents that occurred in 2009 and two from previous year incidents. Year-to-date monthly and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/statistics/ff_stats....

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