GA Firefighter Found Dead in Station

    Aug. 9, 2018
    DeKalb County Fire Rescue crews found Barry Everett deceased at the end of his shift.
    DeKalb County Fire Rescue Department
    DeKalb County firefighter Barry Everett.
    DeKalb County firefighter Barry Everett.

    Firefighters with DeKalb County Fire Rescue Department are mourning the loss of a colleague who died in the station.

    Barry Everett, 42, responded was found deceased in bed at the fire station during shift change Wednesday morning. 

    Officials say the last call that Everett responded to was around midnight and they found him unresponsive at 8 a.m. 

    Everett served with the department for nines years and was assigned to Fire Station 25.

    “We ask that you continue to keep the family of master firefighter Everett in your thoughts and prayers,” Capt. Dion Bentley told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 

    The cause of death has not been determined. 

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