TN FIREFIGHTER LINE OF DUTY DEATH FOLLOWING FIRE RELATED - LONG TERM ILLNESS
Source: Firefighter Close Calls
August 21, 2008
We have been advised from the City of Knoxville Fire Department that Captain John O. “Slim” Pickens passed away at about 2245 hours Friday night. His lungs had been injured in the line-of-duty at a very large fire involving automotive tires on 02 Jul