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West Memphis Fire Dept. honors two of its fallen with a new "state-of-art" construction build

The West Memphis Fire Department is kicking off construction of its new Eason-Lang Training Center with a groundbreaking ceremony.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The West Memphis Fire Department announced that it will host an official groundbreaking ceremony at the head of construction of the Eason-Lang Training Center Thursday, March 10 at 250 N. College Blvd. West Memphis, AR at noon.

According to WMFD, the “state-of-art” training facility will be named in honor of the late Firefighter Jason Lang and the late Fire Department recruit David Eason.

Lang, 20 , died on February 26 in the line of duty after being hit by an 18-wheeler while he was helping a citizen in a crashed vehicle on the interstate.

RELATED: West Memphis Fire Department remembers fallen firefighter, Jason Lang. Memorial services for Lang are as follows.

David Eason died from a heart attack in 2011 while he was at the Arkansas Fire Training Academy in Camden.

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The Fire Department said that the groundbreaking ceremony is open to the public.

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