RHON­DOR DOWLAT-ROS­TANT

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Fire Ser­vice has been plunged mourn­ing fol­low­ing the death of two fire­fight­ers, one of whom died from COVID-19.

Chief Fire Of­fi­cer Mar­lon Smith con­firmed to Guardian Me­dia yes­ter­day that fire­fight­er Ra­jesh Bis­soon died on Mon­day af­ter bat­tling COVID-19.

Bis­soon’s death came on the same day that fire­fight­er Jamiy­la Muham­mad passed away.

CFO Smith said Muhammed died from med­ical com­pli­ca­tions.

Muham­mad served as a mem­ber of the Cen­tral Ex­ec­u­tive Com­mit­tee of the Fire Ser­vice’s As­so­ci­a­tion rep­re­sent­ing the Mor­vant Fire Sta­tion for sev­er­al years, ac­cord­ing to the as­so­ci­a­tion’s pres­i­dent Leo Ramkissoon.

“In this re­gard, I would like to send out our deep­est con­do­lences on be­half of the as­so­ci­a­tion to the fam­i­lies, friends, com­rades and loved ones of both of­fi­cers and join them in sor­row at this time,” Ramkissoon said.

The T&T Fire Ser­vice (TTFS), in a re­lease, ex­tend­ed its deep­est and sin­cer­est con­do­lences to the fam­i­lies, col­leagues and friends on the pass­ing of both of­fi­cers.

Bis­soon was last as­signed to the Ch­aguara­mas Fire Sta­tion, while Muham­mad was last as­signed to the Mor­vant Fire Sta­tion.

“We pray that God’s grace brings you all peace and com­fort at this time of be­reave­ment,” the TTFS stat­ed.