10/06/2014
CITY OF
FORT LAUDERDALE
FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT
Press Release
Deputy Fire Chief Timothy C. Heiser
PIO – Public Information Officer
(954) 828-6831
(954) 298-6922
[email protected] October 2, 2014
Funeral Services For Fort Lauderdale Fire Lieutenant Kevin Johns
Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue Lieutenant Kevin Johns served the city of Fort Lauderdale for 29 years. Lieutenant Johns was loved by his family at home and his brothers and sisters that worked with him. On Tuesday, September 30th, Lieutenant Kevin Johns was on his way to work when he noticed one of his tires was deflated and pulled off over to the shoulder of the highway. While Kevin was changing his tire, there was an unrelated vehicular traffic crash nearby and one of the vehicles involved in that crash veered off the highway and struck him. Kevin was transported to Delray Medical Center where he later succumbed to his injuries. Fort Lauderdale welcomes all that wish to attend his funeral services described below:
VISITATION:
Monday October 6th , 2014
5:00PM-8:00PM
The Sanctuary Church in Fort Lauderdale
1400 North Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale Fl., 33304
SERVICE:
Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, October 7th, 2014
10:00 AM
The Sanctuary Church in Fort Lauderdale
1400 North Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale Fl., 33304
PROCESSION:
There will be no combined fire service procession. The fire apparatus assigned to Firehouse 13 will leave from Firehouse 13 at 9:30 A.M. accompanied by the Johns’ family and Lieutenant John’s hearse. We are asking that no other apparatus join this procession. The family will arrive at the Sanctuary Church by 9:45 A.M. and enter the church immediately.
FIRE SERVICE AGENCY APPARATUS:
All fire service apparatus and/or command vehicles wishing to attend are asked to be on site at the Sanctuary Church between 8:00-8:30A.M. Agencies sending marked units are asked to RSVP to the Staging Officer listed in the contacts section of this release.
UNIFORMED PERSONNEL:
All uniformed personnel wishing to participate in the lineup are asked to be at the Sanctuary Church by 9:00A.M. Honor Guard personnel are requested to be on site by 8:00A.M.
BURIAL:
There will be no procession to a cemetery.
RECEPTION:
All attendees are invited to attend a reception at the Fort Lauderdale Firefighter’s Benevolent hall located at 309 SW 26 St, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315. The reception will begin at 12:00 PM.
CONTACT POINTS:
Funeral Home – Edwards Cremation &Funeral Services-1108 NE 23 Drive, Wilton Manors, Florida 33305
Phone-(954)566-5564 www.edkalis.com
Fire apparatus Staging Officer/Volunteers- Deputy Fire Chief Robert Simac- (954) 648-4027
Honor Guard Officer- Fire Fighter Rolando Busto-(954) 347-3405
Clergy Coordinator- Father Ronald Perkins-(954) 494-5104
Public Information Officer-Deputy Fire Chief Timothy C. Heiser (954) 298-6922
Mutual Aid Apparatus- Deputy Fire Chief William C. Findlan (954) 242-4396
CERT Coordinator- Freddy Zelaya-(786)877-1099
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P.R. # 14-069 http://www.fortlauderdale.gov/fire-rescue
