After death of beloved fire chief, Zoneton fire district names 24-year veteran as successor Share Updated: 11:21 PM EDT Apr 21, 2021 WLKY Digital Team Share Updated: 11:21 PM EDT Apr 21, 2021
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Show Transcript RIGHT NOW, THIS IS WLKY NEWS AT 11:00. RICK: THE ZONETON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT HAS A NEW LEADER. VICKI: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES NAMED KEVIN MOULTON AS CHIEF. HE SUCCEEDS CHIEF ROB ORKIES, WHO DIED IN DECEMBER AFTER A BATTLE WITH CANCER AND COVID-19. THE DEPARTMENT ALSO LOST MAJOR GARRY KEY TO COVID IN FEBRUARY. MOULTON SAYS HIS PROMOTION IS BITTERSWEET. TWO BE ABLE TO TO BE ABLE TO FILL THE SHOES THAT ARE SO BIG HERE FOR ZONETONE FIRE AT A MOVING FORWARD WITH THE LEGACY WE HAVE LOST OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS WITH THE FIRE CHIEF AND MAJOR KEY. IT IS BITTERSWEET TO STEP INTO THEIR FOOTSTEPS AND CONTINUE ON THEIR LEGACY. VICKI: MOULTON HAS BEEN WITH ZONETON FOR 24 YEA
Visitation underway for Zoneton Fire Chief Rob Orkies, funeral scheduled Friday
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Funeral arrangements announced for Zoneton Fire Chief Rob Orkies
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) Zoneton Fire Chief Rob Orkies passed away Friday after a dual battle with cancer and COVID-19. Chief Orkies succumbed to his fight with cancer and COVID-19 on December 11, 2020, a spokesman for the fire department said, in a statement. Chief Orkies was in the fire service for more than 36 years and joined the Zoneton Fire District in 1994 after serving with the Okolona Fire Department. He was respected by all who knew him. All of us are deeply saddened by his death. Our condolences and prayers go out to his family and friends. This is a difficult time for the entire Fire Department, and we will need to come together to get through it. All of us know when we choose firefighting as a path that this type of occurrence is possible. But that does not make it any less tragic or any less difficult to bear once it actually happens.