{"id":441718,"date":"2026-10-29T18:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T18:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/441718\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T18:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T18:46:09","slug":"services-set-for-st-lucie-county-firefighter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/441718\/","title":{"rendered":"Services set for St. Lucie County firefighter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Funeral arrangements have been announced for St. Lucie County Fire District Firefighter\/Paramedic Austin Hodge, who <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wptv.com\/news\/treasure-coast\/region-st-lucie-county\/st-lucie-county-fire-district-confirms-death-of-firefighter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">died in the line of duty<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Hodge served the St. Lucie County community for more than nine years, according to the fire district.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH REPORT BELOW: St. Lucie County firefighter dies on duty<\/p>\n<p>St. Lucie County community mourns firefighter who died on duty<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The St. Lucie County Fire District continues to mourn the loss of Firefighter\/Paramedic Austin Hodge,&#8221; the agency said in a statement. &#8220;His loss is deeply felt by his family, friends, fellow firefighters, and the many lives he touched throughout his years of service.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A public viewing will be held Friday, Nov. 6, from 4 to 6 p.m. at River of Life Fellowship Church, located at 3950 Juanita Avenue in Fort Pierce.<\/p>\n<p>A memorial service will follow Saturday, Nov. 7, at 10 a.m. at Christ Fellowship Church, located at 10250 SW Village Parkway in Port St. Lucie.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wptv.com\/news\/treasure-coast\/region-st-lucie-county\/exclusive-st-lucie-firefighters-siblings-speak-out-seek-answers-after-his-death\" class=\"ListItem \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"ListItem-category\">Region St Lucie County<\/p>\n<p>    EXCLUSIVE: Firefighter\u2019s siblings speak out, seek answers after his death<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fire district said the arrangements were made in coordination with Hodge&#8217;s family and Stone Brothers Funeral Home.<\/p>\n<p>Officials thanked the community for the support shown to Hodge&#8217;s family and members of the fire district following his death.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We remain grateful for the outpouring of love and support extended to Austin&#8217;s family and our Fire District family during this difficult time,&#8221; the agency said.<\/p>\n<p>The release did not provide additional details about the circumstances surrounding Hodge&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Funeral arrangements have been announced for St. Lucie County Fire District Firefighter\/Paramedic Austin&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171684,171,173,172,2736],"class_list":["post-441718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-austin-hodge","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-st-lucie-county-fire-district"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441718","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=441718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}