C.D.F. PROCESSION web S.S.

THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION, AND C.D.F. FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 2881 WILL HONOR C.D.F. FIREFIGHTER EVA MARIE SCHICKE (WITH A FULL HONORS PROCESSION AND FUNERAL AT 2:00 P M. THIS AFTERNOON). THE LOCATION FOR THIS PROCESSION WILL BE THE CALAVERAS COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS AMPHITHEATER, LOCATED ON STATE HIGHWAY 49, TWO MILES SOUTH OF ANGELS CAMP, CALIFORNIA. LOCAL FIREFIGHTER STEVE KIEHLE SAID SCHICKE WAS THE FIRST FEMALE C.D.F. FIREFIGHTER TO DIE IN THE LINE OF DUTY, AND THE FIRST C.D.F. FATALITY IN ACTION SINCE 1990. 23-YEAR-OLD SCHICKE DIED SEPTEMBER 12TH , WHILE BATTLING A FAST-MOVING WILDLAND FIRE, IN A CANYON IN THE STANISLAUS NATIONAL FOREST, NEAR GROVELAND, CALIFORNIA.