The Gott Volunteer Fire Department in Warren County will honor the legacy of a former firefighter by embarking Friday on a 220-mile bicycle ride to the Kentucky Fallen Firefighter Memorial in Frankfort.
The memorial ride will be in honor of Kyle Hendrick, a 19-year-old firefighter who was killed two miles from his family’s home when a tanker he was operating overturned during a water-shuttle training exercise Nov. 16, 2000. After Hendrick’s grandmother and father both passed away unexpectedly last fall, Gott VFD Assistant Chief Craig Peay said he began thinking of a way to honor the Hendrick family’s legacy and impact in the Gott community.
“As I was at the funerals and was talking with the family one day, I thought it’d be nice for the fire department and the community to do something for the Hendrick family in Kyle’s memory to show that we’re there for ’em,” Peay said.