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Flags To Be Flown At Half-staff In Honor Of SD Firefighter

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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard has ordered that flags be flown at half-staff Sunday to honor a fallen volunteer firefighter.

Valley Springs firefighter Steven Ackerman died in a weekend house fire in the southeast South Dakota city of Brandon.

Ackerman’s funeral service is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday at the Brandon Valley High School gymnasium. Visitation is 12-5 p.m. Saturday at the George Boom Funeral Chapel in Brandon.

The 38-year-old Ackerman worked with a family heating and cooling business and served on the Valley Springs planning and zoning commission. He was a volunteer firefighter for 14 years.

The South Dakota Firefighters Association says Ackerman is the 43rd firefighter to die in the line of duty in South Dakota since 1924, and only the 22nd volunteer firefighter to be killed.

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