http://firefighterblog.com/2008/07/california-firefighter-dies-after-fighting-fires/ Wildland Fire News, Updates & Commentary Tue, 15 May 2012 21:41:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://firefighterblog.com/2008/07/california-firefighter-dies-after-fighting-fires/comment-page-1/#comment-2846 Anonymous Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:46:00 +0000 http://testgfm1.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/california-firefighter-dies-after-fighting-fires#comment-2846 We are saddened to hear of the passing of Bob "rabbit" Roland. We know Bob & Carol when they lived in San Diego. We would like to know how to get in contact with Carol.</></>Deepest Sympathies,</>Dennis & Connie Berglund We are saddened to hear of the passing of Bob “rabbit” Roland. We know Bob & Carol when they lived in San Diego. We would like to know how to get in contact with Carol.Deepest Sympathies,Dennis & Connie Berglund

]]> http://firefighterblog.com/2008/07/california-firefighter-dies-after-fighting-fires/comment-page-1/#comment-2845 gypsy Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:38:00 +0000 http://testgfm1.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/california-firefighter-dies-after-fighting-fires#comment-2845 Thank you for this report. Bob Roland was our neighbor and friend. We honor his memory and extend our deepest sympathy to his dear wife Carol. He will be missed by all of us who knew him.</></>Steve and Janet Snyder Thank you for this report. Bob Roland was our neighbor and friend. We honor his memory and extend our deepest sympathy to his dear wife Carol. He will be missed by all of us who knew him.Steve and Janet Snyder

]]> http://firefighterblog.com/2008/07/california-firefighter-dies-after-fighting-fires/comment-page-1/#comment-2844 L. Smyth Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:01:00 +0000 http://testgfm1.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/california-firefighter-dies-after-fighting-fires#comment-2844 This is the article from the Ukiah Daily Journal on Bob Roland today. </></>BREAKING NEWS: Local volunteer firefighter dies By BEN BROWN/The Daily Journal</>07/03/2008 03:19:55 PM PDT</></></>Flags at the Anderson Valley Volunteer Fire Department flew at half-staff Thursday in honor volunteer firefighter Bob Roland who died early Thursday morning at the Ukiah Valley Medical Center, becoming the first casualty in the Mendocino Lightning Complex fire.</></>Anderson Valley Fire Chief Colin Wilson said the 63-year-old Roland was acting as a spotter on the Nash fire north of Boonville when he started feeling fatigue and had difficulty breathing Wednesday night.</></>A paramedic checked Roland out and determined that he needed to go to a hospital. Roland was driven into Boonville where met an ambulance which took him to UVMC.</></>Roland was treated in the emergency room before being put moved into the intensive care unit where he passed away at around 4 a.m. Thursday.</></>"He was a hugely enthusiastic volunteer," Wilson said. "He didn't care what he did, he wanted to be of service."</></>Roland had been a volunteer with the Anderson Valley department for two-months, he and his wife had moved to Anderson Valley from San Diego in January.</></>Roland had worked in San Diego at an aeronautical firm and before that he F4 fighter jet for the military from 1967 until 1977.</></>All Anderson Valley firefighters were pulled off the firelines Thursday for a 24-hour stand down because of the death. Wilson said firefighters were using the time to clean and prep their engines for a continued firefighting effort.</></>"We will be back to work tomorrow," he said.</></>Ben Brown at udjbb@pacific.net This is the article from the Ukiah Daily Journal on Bob Roland today. BREAKING NEWS: Local volunteer firefighter dies By BEN BROWN/The Daily Journal07/03/2008 03:19:55 PM PDTFlags at the Anderson Valley Volunteer Fire Department flew at half-staff Thursday in honor volunteer firefighter Bob Roland who died early Thursday morning at the Ukiah Valley Medical Center, becoming the first casualty in the Mendocino Lightning Complex fire.Anderson Valley Fire Chief Colin Wilson said the 63-year-old Roland was acting as a spotter on the Nash fire north of Boonville when he started feeling fatigue and had difficulty breathing Wednesday night.A paramedic checked Roland out and determined that he needed to go to a hospital. Roland was driven into Boonville where met an ambulance which took him to UVMC.Roland was treated in the emergency room before being put moved into the intensive care unit where he passed away at around 4 a.m. Thursday.“He was a hugely enthusiastic volunteer,” Wilson said. “He didn’t care what he did, he wanted to be of service.”Roland had been a volunteer with the Anderson Valley department for two-months, he and his wife had moved to Anderson Valley from San Diego in January.Roland had worked in San Diego at an aeronautical firm and before that he F4 fighter jet for the military from 1967 until 1977.All Anderson Valley firefighters were pulled off the firelines Thursday for a 24-hour stand down because of the death. Wilson said firefighters were using the time to clean and prep their engines for a continued firefighting effort.“We will be back to work tomorrow,” he said.Ben Brown at udjbb@pacific.net

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