HPFIREFIGHTER

KAREN BREWER RETIRES

2009-12-19T12:02:00.000-08:00

Retirement party for Karen Brewer on December 21st, 2009.

Come and join us as we wish Karen a "Happy Retirement" after 33 years of service.

Light refreshments will be provided.

Location: High Point Fire Department Training Center 11-3 (floating)

Mike Hackett

2009-11-27T12:59:00.000-08:00

Keep Mike Hackett in your prayers

Mike Hackett (Tech 6) works under Chief Martha Younts and takes care of the departments maint. He fell from a roof on Thanksgiving Day while working in Greensboro. He was taken to Moses Cone Hospital for his injuries then transferred to Baptist Hospital. Currently he is allowed to have visitors and phone calls. His room number is located in the Reynolds Tower room 1111 and phone number is 702-7111.

FATHER OF CHIEF MARTHA YOUNTS PASSES AWAY

2009-11-27T12:55:00.000-08:00

Chief Martha Younts Father Passes Away

Service Details:

Receiving of Friends @ Thomasville Funeral Home
18 Randolph Street Thomasville
Sat November 28, 2009
6 to 8

Funeral Services @ Liberty Baptist Church
225 Liberty Ave. Thomasville
Sunday November 29,2009
3pm

RIP FEO CHAD E. GREENE

2009-11-15T08:57:00.000-08:00

Sorry for the late post.

FEO Chad E Greene assigned to Squad 4 B Shift

Mr. Chad Eric Greene, age 34 of Kernersville died November 4, 2009.Chad was born in Forsyth county on June 24, 1975 to E. Wayne and Pamela Nelson Greene. He graduated from Glenn High School, Kernersville in 1993 and later attended Appalachian State University and Guilford Technical Community College. As a youth, he was an Eagle Scout and enjoyed baseball, soccer, and football even during his adult years. Chad was a Fire Equipment Operator for 13 years with the High Point Fire Department, currently stationed with Station # 4 and was also a member of the Union Cross Fire Department in Kernersville since the age of 15 and was the present Assistant Chief. He was awarded the 2008 Squad Person of the Year at Union Cross. Chad was an active member of the Union Cross Moravian Church. On November 14, 1999 he married the former Kimberly Brothers, who survives of the home.Surviving in addition to his wife are his children, daughter, Emma Kaitlyn Greene and son, Jacob (Jake) Austin Greene and his unborn child, due in June of 2010. Also surviving are his parents, Wayne and Pamela Greene of High Point and one sister, Courtney Greene Draper and husband Mark of Kernersville. Chad is also survived by his In-Laws, Kermit and Cathy Brothers of Walkertown and his brother-in-law, Kermit Brothers, III and wife Rachel. In addition, Chad has nieces and nephews, Caleb Draper, Morgan and Bradley Hamilton. Special thanks are extended to his cousins, Rodney, Kristen, Kendall, Bryan, and Mandy, the “Fire Fighter Buds” and his many loving aunts and uncles and Chad’s many “Fire Fighter Brothers and Sisters”.Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. in Green Street Baptist Church, 303 N. Rotary Drive, High Point with the Reverend Donald Griffin and the Reverend Frank Hensley officiating. Interment will follow the service in the Union Cross Moravian Church Cemetery, 4295 High Point Road, Kernersville. Visitation will be at Green Street Baptist Church on Saturday evening from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Chad will remain at Sechrest Funeral Service until placed into the church at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday and again at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday. Memorials may be directed to the Children’s Trust Fund, Truliant Federal Credit Union, 500 Pineview Drive, Suite 117, Kernersville, NC 27284, or at any High Point Bank and Trust office. Honorary Pallbearers will be members of the High Point and Union Cross Fire Departments and other Fire Fighters from surrounding areas.Sechrest Funeral Service in High Point is serving the family. Please visit the family’s memorial website and offer written or spoken condolences at www.mem.com.

RIP FEO Kevin Floyd

2009-07-03T03:43:00.000-07:00

To those of you that may not know Kevin, he was an FEO at station 26 B-Shift.

Kevin Floyd, a 10 year veteran of the High Point Fire Department died yesterday. His funeral arrangements are as follows:

Ridge Funeral Home, 908 Albemarle Road, Asheboro, NC

Visitation: Sunday, 7/5 6-9pm at the Chapel
Funeral: Monday, 7/6 2pm at the Chapel
Burial: Tabernacle United Methodist Church Cemetery
219 Tabernacle Church Road Extension
Trinity, NC

Class A Uniforms is the required dress for fire department members attending the funeral service.

Former HPFD Captain Passes Away

2009-04-13T12:29:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the late posting. Former HPFD Captain Guy Hedrick has passed away. His memorial service was held at the Cumby Funeral Home Chapel on April 2nd.
Keep his family in your prayers.

Jim Barby's Retirement Party

2009-03-16T16:28:00.000-07:00

Jim Barbry’s Retirement Party

Jim will retire April 1, 2009, after serving almost 31 years with the High Point Fire Department.
Come join in the celebration of Jim’s retirement party given by his wife, Christy.
All High Point Fire personnel are invited to attend.

Jim Barbry’s Retirement Party

Friday, March 27, 6:00—9:00 pm
Carter Brothers
Samet Drive
High Point

All Fire Department
personnel are welcome

Passing of a former HPFD Secretary

2009-01-22T16:44:00.000-08:00

Sydney Francis Frost passed away today. She was a former secretary for the HPFD. Please keep her family in your thoughts and prayers.

HPFD Firefighter Hit By Car

2008-12-15T09:55:00.000-08:00

Firefighter Scot Stanley was hit by a passing motorist on interstate 40, while on the scene of an automobile accident. As a result of the accident he will be out of work with a leg injury. It is unknown at this time how long. The driver of the vehicle was charged with failure to move over.

Scott is a firefighter on E26 B-Shift. Keep him in your thoughts and prayers.

Capt. Ronald Lee Kennedy

2008-11-08T16:44:00.000-08:00

The High Point Fire Department mourns the loss of Ret.Capt. Ronald Lee Kennedy. He passed away November 5, 2008. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.

Memorials may be directed to Hospice of Piedmont
1801 Westchester Dr. High Point, NC 27262

Current List Of HPFD Retirees

2008-09-29T15:34:00.000-07:00

I recently received this list of retirees. If I have left anyone out please let me know and I will add them to the list.

Irvin Avant
Jack Baker
Jim Barbry
Danny Baxley
Jimmy Bell
Larry “Benny” Benfield
Stephen Benoit
Robert Benson Jr.
Paul Blackburn
Baxter "Buddy" Bray
B.R. Brown
Dennis Bryant
Ronald Bullock
Mickey Callahan
Weldon Clodfelter
Mitchell Cockerham
Cletus Combs
Bobby Cook
Grady Cox
Ralph Cumblidge
Ray Dailey
B.W. Davis
Kenneth Davis
George Deal
Rayford Deal
Al Dennis
Robert Dills
H.S. Earnhardt
Alfred Edwards
F.T. Ellison
Ricky Farabee
Thomas Finch
Robert Fincher
Ned Fowler
Rick Fritz
Dennis Gaddy
J.K. Gardner
Roy Gardner
Ronnie Garris
Robert “Sonny” Gill
Cecil Griffin
R.E. Hall
C.E. Hardin Jr.
R.L. Hardison
Elby Hatfield
Bobby Hayworth Jr.
Lavon Hazelton
Jerry Hedgecock
Guy Martin Hedrick
S.C. Herndon
Milford Ijames
C.A. Jester
Michael Johnson
H.R. Jolly
George Jones
Jack Jones
James Jones
Ronnie Jones
K.R. Kennedy
Ronald Lee Kennedy
Ronald Kintner
Don Lee
David Leonard
Jay Leonard
J.R. Lewallen
Sammy Liptrap
David Little
Phillip Long
M.R. Mabe
Steve Madison
Arthur McAdoo Jr.
Tommy McArthur
Ronald McMahan
Dwight Meredith
Wendell Michael
Charles Milliam
Thomas Mitchell
Max Moffitt
David Morgan
Donald Morris
Louis Neal
Frank Newby
Larry Newsom
K.L. Norman
R.L. Oliphant
Terry Osborne
David Owen
Charles Passmore
Paula Peace
Larry Pendergraph
James Pendergraph
Ronnie Prevatte
Clayton Proctor Jr.
J. Floyd Pugh
Jerry Robbins
Jackie Robertson
Otis Robertson
Harold Rush
Mike Saunders
Larry Sechrest
Terry Shoaf
Bobby Smith
Danny Snipes
William Spoon
Jerry Steele
Johnny W. Steele Jr.
George Sumner
Randy Surratt
Jed Swaim
Tom G. Tate III
Charles Taylor
Ralph Taylor
Jerry Thomas
Hannis Thompson
Phil Thompson
R.B. Thompson
David Trotter
Gary Trotter
Marvin Tuggle
Patty Vernon
G.D. Walton
R.W. Ward
John Wayne
Robert Weaver
Phillip Weekly
John Welch
Stephen White
William Whitehart
James Willard
Barry Witcher
Billy Woodruff
Steve Yarbrough
Rick Zachary
Paul Ziglar

Chief Thompson

2008-09-20T11:43:00.000-07:00

Former Chief Hannis Thompson receives his last call Saturday September 20, 2008 @ 1440 hrs.

Former Chief Passes Away

2008-09-20T10:07:00.001-07:00

The Fire Department lost one of its former Chiefs. Chief Hannis Thompson passed away Thursday at age 76 after a battle with cancer.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Thompson family.

Welcome

2008-09-20T08:20:00.000-07:00

I want to use this blog to keep all former and current HPFD members informed of whats going on in the department.