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Twenty-eight
year veteran

“EVERY FIREFIGHTER feels the loss."’

With those words, Deputy
Chief Ed Hudson of North

Van District Fire Depart-
ment said colleagues of a
firefighter killed on the job

Tuesday have lost a
tespected peer, |
Captain Daniel Vivian

Williams, a 28-year veteran
with the District Fire
Department, was killed when
he came into contact with
230,000 volts of electricity
from a live Hydro power
line.

Funeral services are set for
today (Friday, June 21) at
Upper Lonsdale United
Church at 3 p.m.

A report from the cor-
oner’s office Thursday said
Williams died of cardio-
respiratory arrest due to
electrocution.

The coroner’s office
reported the investigation in-
to the fireman’s death is
continuing and no decision
on an inquest will be made
until coroner Gerald Tilley
has met with representatives
from B.C. Hydro and the
Workers’ Compensation
Board.

A decision on whether to
hold an inquest will be made
prior to June 28, Tilley’s of-
fice said.

Firefighters were called
early Tuesday evening ta a

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B.C. Hydro power line right
of way 150 feet north of
Braemar . First reports said
a hang glider or light plane
had gone down in the area.

But according to a fire
department preliminary
report, a scrub tree came in
contact with a Hydro wire,
grounding the current along
the tree. The Hydro wires
are a major transmission line
into Vancouver.

Williams apparantly
walked into the area and
came into contact with the
electric current.

A second firefighter was
treated- in Lions Gate
Hospital and released. Paul
Degraaf was told to take it
easy after receiving a
residual amount of electrici-
ty.
The 55-year-old Williams
was a pumper captain and
had spent his entire career
with the district fire depart-
ment. A Lynn Valley resi-
dent, he is survived by his
wife Shirley, three sons and
two daughters.

“We all enjoyed his com-
pany,’ said Deputy Fire
Chief Ed Hudson. He
described Williams as a
well-respected man and a
pleasant person to work
with.

Williams loved golfing,
hunting and fishing and was
a devoted family man, Hud-
son said.

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