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
By Munashe Kwangwari From battling blazes to fighting for his life, a longtime member of the Zoneton Fire Protection District, Major Garry Key, finds himself in the hospital after being diagnosed with COVID-19.Major Key has been with the district for more than 35 years, and on Saturday, members from the district took to Facebook to announce he has been hooked up to a ventilator. The news comes a little over a month after the district suffered the loss of former Fire Chief Rob Orkies, who passed away from a combination of cancer and the virus.“It’s bad enough to see anybody die from COVID,” said Public Information Officer, Rich Carlson. “Then just a month or two later you’ve got the battalion chief, or the number two guy, going through the same thing. It just really tears you up inside.”Letters of support have been pouring in from fire departments all over the country, a gesture Fire Marshall Kevin Moulton says is well received, but he says they’re not surpri
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