Retired Fire Chief Everett L. Lloyd, the Chapel Hill Fire Department’s fourth full-time fire chief, died Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019. He was 91.
Chief Lloyd was appointed to lead the department on April 1, 1968; he served until his retirement on Jan. 8, 1990.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with Chief Lloyd and his family,” says Fire Chief Matthew Sullivan. “Many practices, systems, and facilities were initiated or built under the leadership of Chief Lloyd. There are multiple things our firefighters touch on a daily basis that were influenced by him.”
Chief Lloyd was an Orange County native, having grown up on a small farm in White Cross—a small town along N.C. Highway 54 west of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. He attended high school in Chapel Hill and after graduating joined the Chapel Hill Fire Department for 10 months before returning to work for a family-run sawmill.