10/12/2026
Hard to believe it’s been 12 years. Thank you Chief for all that you did for the department
In Memoriam: October 11, 2014 - LODD
Chief Paul Franklin Walters II, 55
Bethlehem Fire Department. Wheeling, WV
Chief Walters responded as part of an ambulance crew to a medical emergency as a result of a motor vehicle crash at 0249hrs on September 30th. Later in the day while taking his EMT recertification exam at the Valley Grove Fire Department, he became ill and was transported by ambulance to the Wheeling Medical Park, where he underwent an emergency heart catheterization. On October 1st, Chief Walters underwent another heart procedure and was then flown to a regional hospital with further heart surgeries on October 2nd and 3rd. He remained hospitalized until his death on October 11, 2014.