United By Heroes

JASON LANG

WEST MEMPHIS FIRE DEPARTMENT
END OF WATCH: FEBRUARY 26, 2022

FIREFIGHTER JASON LANG, 20, WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY AN 18-WHEELER AFTER HE STOPPED TO RENDER AID AT AN ACCIDENT SCENE. JASON LANG WAS ON HIS WAY TO AN EMT CLINICAL TRAINING CLASS IN PINE BLUFF WHEN HE STOPPED TO ASSIST AT THE SCENE ALONG THE INTERSTATE. JASON LANG WAS STRUCK AS THE SEMI PASSED BY.

JASON LANG HAD BEEN WITH THE WEST MEMPHIS FIRE DEPARTMENT SINCE DECEMBER 2021. PREVIOUSLY SERVING IN THE CORALVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN IOWA.

JASON LANG STOPPED WITHOUT HESITATION TO HELP RENDER AID TO THOSE THAT NEEDED HELP, HE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN DOING SO. HIS BRAVERY AND SERVICE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.