KENTUCKY LINE OF DUTY DEATH~ Firefighter Charles Sparks
On July 8, 2011, Firefighter Charles Sparks of the Columbia-Adair County Volunteer Fire Department died in the line of duty. Our friends at firefighterclosecalls are reporting that the 32 year veteran Firefighter (and Deputy State Fire Marshal) with the Columbia-Adair County FD suffered an apparent heart attack and has now died in the Line of Duty. He was originally air lifted to a Louisville hospital after operating at the fire at a residence on KY 206 on June 30th.
Forty-nine-year-old Charles “Sparky” Sparks, a 32-year veteran of the CACFD who works as a Deputy State Fire Marshall, and also a well known State Fire Instructor, suffered the heart attack and went into sudden cardiac arrest while inside the burning structure. His fellow volunteer firemen used CPR and AED on Sparks until the Adair County EMS arrived on the scene. He was transported to Westlake Regional Hospital and then airlifted by Air Evac to Norton’s Audubon Hospital in Louisville.
Members of the Adair County Fire Department traveled to Louisville to bring Charles Sparks back home for the final time. The firefighter, known as Sparky, served with the Adair County Fire Department for 32 years. He was also a Deputy State Fire Marshal and a State Fire Rescue Training Instructor. Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home will be in charge of arrangements. More details about the arrangements and the obituary will be posted when they are made available.
Firefighter Sparks was 49 years old and survived by his wife, Tammy, and 15 year old son, Trent. Please join with us in sending our condolences to the family and peers of the Firefighter Charles Sparks.
“Rest easy, brother. We’ve got it from here.”
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