{"id":440924,"date":"2026-10-28T23:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T23:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/440924\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T23:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T23:00:08","slug":"funeral-plans-set-for-st-lucie-firefighter-paramedic-austin-hodge-who-died-on-duty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/440924\/","title":{"rendered":"Funeral plans set for St. Lucie firefighter-paramedic Austin Hodge, who died on duty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Funeral arrangements are in place for former St. Lucie County Fire District firefighter\/paramedic<a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/a-smile-that-lights-up-the-room-loved-ones-remember-st-lucie-county-firefighter-austin-hodge-brother-jarius-hodge-brother-firefighters-died-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Austin Hodge<\/a>, who passed away in the line of duty last week.<\/p>\n<p>Hodge passed away on Oct. 24 after nine years serving the St. Lucie County Community. Public viewing is scheduled for Friday, November 6, 2026, from 4-6 p.m. at River of Life Fellowship Church located at 3950 Juanita Avenue, Fort Pierce, FL 34946.<\/p>\n<p>The memorial service for Hodge is set for Saturday, November 7, 2026, at 10 a.m. at Christ Fellowship Church located at 10250 SW Village Parkway, Port St. Lucie, FL 34987.<\/p>\n<p>See also:<a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/thank-you-for-saving-my-life-boynton-beach-teen-struck-by-lightning-leaves-hospital-lightning-strike-boy-struck-by-lightning-florida-lightning-strike-teen-lightning-survivor-delray-medical-center-palm-beach-county-cardiac-arrest-cpr-father-saves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> &#8216;Thank you for saving my life\u2019: Boynton Beach teen struck by lightning leaves hospital<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hodge\u2019s family and the St. Lucie County Fire District issued a joint statement in light of his passing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe family of Firefighter\/Paramedic Austin Hodge and the St. Lucie County Fire District are deeply grateful for the outpouring of love, compassion, and support following Austin\u2019s passing,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Funeral arrangements are in place for former St. Lucie County Fire District&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-440924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}