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James P. Weeks
Date of Birth:
LODD Death Date: October 29, 1988
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY
FALLEN FIREFIGHTER
NAME: James P. Weeks AGE: 39
RANK: Firefighter BADGE #: 102
STATION: Assigned to Jones Station, Station 23
DATE OF DEATH: October 29, 1988
CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH: Firefighter Weeks suffered a seizure and collapsed after participating in daily physical training at the Anne Arundel Community College. He later died at the hospital of heart failure
BURIAL LOCATION: Glen Haven Cemetery – 7215 Ritchie Hwy. Glen Burnie, MD 2161 (Anne Arundel County adc map 3-b-13) Masonic Garden, edge of roadway in traffic circle, near tree.
Notes: Articles – The Sunday Capital – October 30, 1988
Very unique grave marker, includes badge, Hazmat patch and a poem
PLAQUES, MEMORIALS, DEDICATIONS, ETC.:
- IAFF Memorial, Colorado Springs
- National Fallen Firefighters Memorial, Emmitsburg, MD
- Maryland Fire and Rescue Memorial, Annapolis
- Maryland Fallen Firefighters Memorial, Dulaney Valley
- Anne Arundel County Fallen Firefighters Memorial, Millersville
Obituary Wednesday, November 2, 1988
James Weeks
James Patrick Weeks, 39, died suddenly of heart failure Saturday at Anne Arundel General Hospital and Medical Center.
Mr. Weeks attended Anne Arundel Community College and was a graduate of the hazardous material curriculum at the National Fire Academy and the Baltimore City and Anne Arundel County Fire Academy.
He was a firefighter in Baltimore City from 1970 to 1979 and had been a firefighter stationed at county Company 23, Ritchie Highway and Jones Stations since June 1987.
He was a member of the International Association of Firefighters and the Hazardous Material Response Team.
He enjoyed woodworking, mechanics, boating, sports, and motorcylces.
He is survived by his wife, Michele Weeks (nee Ingley); three sons, Patrick of Tinker Air Force Base, OK, and David and Daniel of Berlin; his parents, Howard and Clara Weeks of Glen Burnie; two brothers, David Weeks of Baltimore and William Weeks of Glen Burnie; and two sisters, Shelley Weaver of Ferndale, and Nancy Harper of Linthicum.
A fireman’s memorial service will be held today at 7:30 p.m. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at St. Philip Neri at noon Thursday, with interment at Glen Haven Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the James P. Weeks Memorial Fund, c/o Fire Co. 23, Anne Arundel County, 960 Ritchie Highway, Severna Park, MD 21146.
The Sunday Capital Article
ANNAPOLIS, MD , Sunday, October 30, 1988
Fireman dies after daily training
By Peter Khoury Staff Writer
A 10-year veteran of the Anne Arundel County Fire Department died yesterday after he suffered a seizure at the end of a routine morning training, county fire officials said.
James Weeks, 39, of Berlin, who worked with company 23 in Severna Park, was pronounced dead at Anne Arundel General Hospital and Medical Center at 9:49 a.m. yesterday. The Cause of Death was still unknown last night.
Weeks and others at the company had just finished a daily physical training workout at Anne Arundel Community College and were preparing to return to the station when he had a seizure, which led to a full arrest, said Captain Frank A. Stokes, a department official. “We don’t know why.”
Other firefighters began performing CPR on Weeks shortly after 9:48 a.m. and paramedics were summoned to the scene but could not revive him, said Lt. David Hoy of the county fire department.
Weeks was taken to the hospital but he could not be revived. LT Hoy said.
The daily physical training Weeks had just completed is that in which those for the company – which deals with incidents involving hazardous materials – take part, fire officials said.
The company station is at Joes Station Road and Ritchie Highway.
LT Hoy said Weeks death came in the “Line-of-Duty.” “This a rare incident at least for Anne Arundel County.”
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