Barrow County Fire Department
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Health
How Local Emergency Services Are Responding to Firefighter Suicide Rates
More firefighters are dying of suicide than in the line of duty, according to the National Fire Protection Association. What Are The Numbers? In 2018, 64 firefighters died doing their job while 82 died of suicide. The Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance believes that only 40 percent of firefighter suicides…
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Barrow County
Fire Kills Vietnam War Veteran, Destroys Barrow County Home
A 71-year-old veteran, Duane Downey of Bethlehem, Ga., died Monday morning when his house caught fire on the 300 block of Lokey’s Ridge Road. His family said he was a father, a grandfather, a motorcycle lover and a Vietnam War veteran. Downey survived the war and a severe motorcycle accident a…