The Effingham Fire Department is taking part in granting the wish of a four-year-old boy that perished in a fire in McCormick, South Carolina earlier this month.
We spoke with Effingham Fire Chief, Joseph Holomy, in regards to the wish. According to Chief Holomy, family members of four-year-old, James Raugh, requested for Raugh to be put on-duty at fire stations following the child’s untimely death. Raugh had loved the fire department and was planning on becoming a firefighter when he grew up. This request has since gone viral with departments across the United States and Internationally putting Raugh’s name on trucks, on-duty screens, helmets, and coats, Effingham Fire Department included. The departments are then posting pictures of these tributes to social media using the hashtag, #JRaughOnDuty.
Chief Holomy gave the following statement regarding Raugh and the wish.
According to WJBF out of South Carolina, Raugh, his father 25-year-old Nathan Raugh and his sisters, 3-year-old Jalissa and 1-year-old Jordan, and dog were all killed when their two mobile homes, combined as one caught fire on Monday. More on this story can be found on WJBF’s website at www.wjbf.com.
Photos courtesy of the Effingham Fire Department.
