 On Monday, July 10th, community members gathered as the city of Pikeville dedicated its newest Bayer statue to the Pikeville Fire Department. The department members are happy to not only receive the Bayer, but everyone's support along with it. The Bayer itself is named after the late Pikeville Fire Captain, James McKenzie. James McKenzie, Bayer Fire Chief, Pikeville Fire Department This Bayer was presented to us as an ideal, and they came to us and said, hey, would you guys like to have a Fire Bayer at your department? And we said, absolutely, 100 percent. Not only does it bring the community to buy, it also brings the children to buy. And that's what we want, is families and their kids, and just to honor just the ones that went before us and have passed along, you know, that's the main reason that we want to remember the ones that laid their life down before us. Cancer, it's a very scary word, but an outstanding treatment facility was here at home. I was led to the Lawson Cancer Center. As a nurse practitioner at the Lawson Cancer Center, we are champions for our patients. I am so happy for Robert. The treatment worked. The Bayer is outfitted with a full firefighter uniform, including a custom jacket and hat. The hat is decorated with the number 555, signifying a firefighter who has died in the line of duty. James was the only line of duty death, firemen that passed away within the city of Pifal at our department. And we felt this was the time that he needed that recognition and the love and compassion that he needed in his family to have a little bit of closure within our department. So much detail is presented in this. It has actually turned out gear, ACBA airpade that's been retired down from another department, and the helmet has 555 on it. And what that means, it is a tolling of the bell, it's a history when a firefighter passes away, they ring the bell five times, pause five times, and pause five times. You know, start of your career, use that you served, and when you paid the ultimate sacrifice. Reporting from Mountain Top News, I'm Nick Colum.