This group is for announcing Line of Duty deaths of both fire & EMS personnel. It is not meant to be for critiquing or second guessing how the death occurred.
Plain an simple, this is a group to share news of lost brothers & sisters.
More information has now come through regarding this LODD.
Frefighter Ray Barrett, aged 62, died when the fire truck he was in dropped off the road while responding to an incident. Mr Barrett's son Tahi, received serious leg injuries in this accident as well, and a third firefighter escaped with no injuries.
Mark Montgomery
Frefighter Ray Barrett, aged 62, died when the fire truck he was in dropped off the road while responding to an incident. Mr Barrett's son Tahi, received serious leg injuries in this accident as well, and a third firefighter escaped with no injuries.
Attached are links to the various new agencies, all seemingly carrying the same story.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4804750a11.html
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=1...
Dec 27, 2008