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In Dedication By Janet Wilmoth, Editorial Director When the Lee’s Summit (Mo.) Fire Department completed building its training center inside Station No. 7, Asst. Chief Rick Poeschl said it seemed only right to dedicate the new training center to Firefighter/Paramedic Bryan C. Pottberg, who died in a dive-rescue training exercise in 2000. “It hit us all real hard and we wanted to do something to remember Bryan,” Poeschl said. “It’s the whole concept of the fire-department family, and Bryan was such a great guy, everybody loved him. He is sorely missed.” In addition to the brass plaque located by the training center in the station, a nearby cabinet contains pictures of Pottberg, along with his bunker gear and helmet.... |
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