The United States Fire Administration (USFA) has received notice of the
following firefighter fatality:

Name: Jerry Donley
Rank: Deputy Fire Chief
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 28 1979
Date of Incident: 08/08/2007
Time of Incident: 0800hrs
Date of Death: 08/08/2007

Fire Department: Swetsonville Volunteer Fire Department
Address: PO Box 127, Swetsonville, NC 27359
Telephone: (336) 578-1500
Fire Department Chief: Drew Sharpe

Incident Description: After having worked an afternoon/evening fire call
on 8/06/2007, Deputy Fire Chief Donley arrived at the fire department
the morning of 08/07/0227 to work his scheduled 24hr shift. He spent
the morning cleaning up equipment from the fire call that occurred the
previous day and responding to at least one EMS incident. Later during
his shift, Donley went to bed at the station where he was discovered the
following morning passed away from a cause still to be determined.
Deputy Chief Donley reportedly had no known prior medical conditions.

Funeral Arrangements: Pending

Memorial Fund Contact and Address: In memory and honor of Deputy Fire
Chief Jerry Donley, C/o Swetsonville Fire Volunteer Department, PO Box
127, Swetsonville, NC 27359

Tribute is being paid to Deputy Fire Chief Jerry Donley at
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/

To date, 76 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2007 as
a result of incidents that occurred in 2007