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In the Line of Duty
Billy R. Jarvis, Allen, KY
3/10/2015
Name: Billy R. Jarvis Rank: Fire Chief Age: 54 Gender: Male Status: Volunteer Years of Service: 35 Date of Incident: 03/04/2015 Time of Incident: 1935hrs Date of Death: 03/10/2015 Fire Department: Allen Fire Department Address: PO Box 276, 142 Court ST, Allen, KY 41601-0276 Fire Department Chief: Assistant Fire Chief Jimmy Osborne Incident Description: On March 4, 2015, while responding in a fire department vehicle to a downed power line call, Fire Chief Jarvis became ill with trouble breathing. His son, Fire Captain Jarvis, who was a passenger in the vehicle at the time, took over as driver and rushed Chief Jarvis to Highlands Regional Medical Center. Upon arrival at the hospital, Chief Jarvis went into cardiac arrest. Jarvis was revived by attending personnel and transferred to the Pikeville Medical Center where he succumbed to his injury on March 10, 2015.