LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MINISTER MOURNS UNEXPECTED PASSING OF FIREFIGHTER COREY SPAULDINGS
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, has expressed condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of firefighter Corey Spauldings, who died unexpectedly yesterday.
“Initial reports indicate that firefighter Spauldings lost his life as a result of a most unfortunate accident at his home. He appears to have slipped in his shower while getting ready for work, and the resulting trauma claimed his life. He was found unresponsive by his neighbours and colleagues who had visited his house when he failed to report to his base at the Port Royal Fire Station on time.
“Corey Spauldings had a passionate love for the Jamaica Fire Brigade. He joined the JFB in 2013 as part of the Administrative staff, then applied to become a Firefighter two years later. His death by misadventure is a great shock to us in the Ministry, and in the Jamaica Fire Brigade, which has now lost its third member from the Kingston and St. Andrew region this year. In this time of bewilderment and questions, I pray for strength and consolation for his loved ones and colleagues, and that they will find peace even as Firefighter Cory Spaulding rests in peace.”
