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Name: Gary Helming
Rank: Battalion Chief
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 20+
Date of Incident: 08/31/2017
Time of Incident: 0830hrs
Date of Death: 08/31/2017
Fire Department: Los Padres National Forest - Santa Lucia District
Address: 6750 Navigator Way, Suite 150, Goleta, CA 93117
Fire Department Chief: Deputy Forest Supervisor Ken Heffner
Incident Description: While returning from an assignment on the Railroad Fire in the Sierra National Forest, Battalion Chief Gary Helming was killed when a Ford F-350 traveling in the opposite direction suffered a tire failure, crossed the middle of the road, and struck Chief Helming's vehicle head-on.
Incident Location: Highway 41 just south of state Route 33 in Kings County
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