City of Dallas Fire Fighter; Badge Number 1168. Killed in the Line of Duty fighting a house fire.
Survived by wife Ruth Garcia Rhine, who he married July 17, 1971, and daughter, Ashley.
Also survived by parents, Paul and Catherine Rhine of Cobden, Illinois; and four brothers, Paul, Kendall, Donald, and Gale Rhine.
Services held at 2pm Saturday at Hillcrest Baptist Church, 6800 Boulder, Dallas, TX.
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DALLAS MORNING NEWS
FEB. 27, 1987
Strength, bravery marked firefighter
By Lorraine Adams
Staff Writer of The News
He was a tall man, a strong man, and he was usually the first into a burning house.
But on Wednesday night, firefighter Dale Wayne Rhine was dead, lost to a burst of flames in a fire in Oak Cliff.
Many who knew him grieved for him. His wife, at home with their 18-month-old baby, wept. After returning to Station 49, the firefighters on his shift sat together to talk into the night. Friends said they could not believe he was gone.
The next day, Dallas Fire Chief, Dodd Miller, his voice sometimes strained, asked Dallas residents at a news conference to remember Rhine, and every firefighter.
"Last year Dallas firefighters responded to 2,425 fires," Miller said. "No two fires are alike. And yet the potential for death and destruction exists anytime there is an uncontrolled fire in a structure."
The fire that killed Rhine began about 6 p.m. at a brick house in the 800 block of Misty Glen Lane in south central Oak Cliff. Within minutes, the firefighters reached the house. Rhine and other firefighters entered the house with hoses, searching for trapped occupants, according to standard procedures, Miller said.
No one was inside; Billy Wormly, his wife, Pat, and their two children were not there. Fire officials said they think the fire started in the kitchen, with an untended skillet of grease on an electric burner.
As Rhine and other firefighters pushed through the house, they were overwhelmed by a flashover—a sudden, explosive combustion of flammable gases in a closed space. Rhine had no vital signs when he was taken from the house.
Three other firefighters were injured. MacArthur Devers, 40, suffered second and third degree burns and was listed in stable condition late Thursday at Methodist Medical Center. Mitchell L. Williams, 38, who also suffered burns, was listed in serious but stable condition at Methodist. Raymond Vela, 35, was treated for minor burns and released from Methodist.
Rhine was pronounced dead at Methodist at 7:34 p.m. The exact cause of death was not known Thursday.
"Dallas firefighters continue to handle these situations and challenges," Miller said. "We talk about the nitty gritty of how the fire travels, and how we got lost in a small room filled with smoke. We all consider ourselves professionals who take calculated risks to overcome and win the fight and save the house, or the building, or the child. We never dwell long on what could happen."
What happened to Rhine, who was 38, seemed all the more painful to those who knew him, they said, because he was vital and strong—a man in the prime of his life.
"He was the strongest guy on his shift, that's for sure," said Wesley Killian, a firefighter at the same station. "He wasn't one of those to stay outside and wait for someone to call him."
Born in Eldorado, Ill., the youngest of five brothers, he was the first in his family to enter firefighting. He joined the Dallas Fire Department in 1972, the year he married his wife, Ruth.
"The first two or three years, there wasn't a part of the day that went by the I didn't think of him," she said Thursday. "But after a while, I came to see that he could handle himself."
Because he was 6-foot-2 and almost 240 pounds, Rhine became a "short ladder and pike pole man." To release the gases in a structure and provide ventilation, a pike pole man tears down ceilings and walls, a job that requires hard work and strength.
"His outfit always had more sheetrock on it after a fire than anybody else because he got in there and worked," Killian said.
Rhine's routine was a 24-hour shift, a 48-hour break, and then another 24-hour shift. In his company, he was distinguished by three things, colleagues said: He was a good cook, he lifted more weights than anyone, and he was loyal to a fault.
"He was just a genuine friend," said Denny Burris, the Fire Department chaplain. "Whenever you said you needed something he would always be there, and if you weren't careful he'd be there in his pickup saying, "Where do we start?"
Mrs. Rhine had more trouble describing how much he meant to her, but she could talk of how he called during each 24-hour shift, and how he planned dates with her, even after 15 years of marriage.
"He was just wonderful, I can't say any more," she said in the living room of their house in DeSoto.
She said that when the doorbell rang Wednesday night and she saw Burris at her front door, she knew, in her heart, that her husband might well be dead.
Asked if she was angry that her husband chose to be a firefighter, she cried and said, "The human side says yes, because no one wants their loved one to be the one.
"But I know he was doing a service to the public. So you have to look at that end of it. To me, he was a hero."
Rhine is survived by his wife; their daughter, Ashley; his parents, Paul and Catherine Rhine of Cobden, Ill.; and four brothers, Paul, Kendall, Donald and Gale Rhine.
Service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Baptist Church, 6800 boulder Drive, in Dallas.
Staff Writer Bill Deener contributed to this report.
Survived by wife Ruth Garcia Rhine, who he married July 17, 1971, and daughter, Ashley.
Also survived by parents, Paul and Catherine Rhine of Cobden, Illinois; and four brothers, Paul, Kendall, Donald, and Gale Rhine.
Services held at 2pm Saturday at Hillcrest Baptist Church, 6800 Boulder, Dallas, TX.
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DALLAS MORNING NEWS
FEB. 27, 1987
Strength, bravery marked firefighter
By Lorraine Adams
Staff Writer of The News
He was a tall man, a strong man, and he was usually the first into a burning house.
But on Wednesday night, firefighter Dale Wayne Rhine was dead, lost to a burst of flames in a fire in Oak Cliff.
Many who knew him grieved for him. His wife, at home with their 18-month-old baby, wept. After returning to Station 49, the firefighters on his shift sat together to talk into the night. Friends said they could not believe he was gone.
The next day, Dallas Fire Chief, Dodd Miller, his voice sometimes strained, asked Dallas residents at a news conference to remember Rhine, and every firefighter.
"Last year Dallas firefighters responded to 2,425 fires," Miller said. "No two fires are alike. And yet the potential for death and destruction exists anytime there is an uncontrolled fire in a structure."
The fire that killed Rhine began about 6 p.m. at a brick house in the 800 block of Misty Glen Lane in south central Oak Cliff. Within minutes, the firefighters reached the house. Rhine and other firefighters entered the house with hoses, searching for trapped occupants, according to standard procedures, Miller said.
No one was inside; Billy Wormly, his wife, Pat, and their two children were not there. Fire officials said they think the fire started in the kitchen, with an untended skillet of grease on an electric burner.
As Rhine and other firefighters pushed through the house, they were overwhelmed by a flashover—a sudden, explosive combustion of flammable gases in a closed space. Rhine had no vital signs when he was taken from the house.
Three other firefighters were injured. MacArthur Devers, 40, suffered second and third degree burns and was listed in stable condition late Thursday at Methodist Medical Center. Mitchell L. Williams, 38, who also suffered burns, was listed in serious but stable condition at Methodist. Raymond Vela, 35, was treated for minor burns and released from Methodist.
Rhine was pronounced dead at Methodist at 7:34 p.m. The exact cause of death was not known Thursday.
"Dallas firefighters continue to handle these situations and challenges," Miller said. "We talk about the nitty gritty of how the fire travels, and how we got lost in a small room filled with smoke. We all consider ourselves professionals who take calculated risks to overcome and win the fight and save the house, or the building, or the child. We never dwell long on what could happen."
What happened to Rhine, who was 38, seemed all the more painful to those who knew him, they said, because he was vital and strong—a man in the prime of his life.
"He was the strongest guy on his shift, that's for sure," said Wesley Killian, a firefighter at the same station. "He wasn't one of those to stay outside and wait for someone to call him."
Born in Eldorado, Ill., the youngest of five brothers, he was the first in his family to enter firefighting. He joined the Dallas Fire Department in 1972, the year he married his wife, Ruth.
"The first two or three years, there wasn't a part of the day that went by the I didn't think of him," she said Thursday. "But after a while, I came to see that he could handle himself."
Because he was 6-foot-2 and almost 240 pounds, Rhine became a "short ladder and pike pole man." To release the gases in a structure and provide ventilation, a pike pole man tears down ceilings and walls, a job that requires hard work and strength.
"His outfit always had more sheetrock on it after a fire than anybody else because he got in there and worked," Killian said.
Rhine's routine was a 24-hour shift, a 48-hour break, and then another 24-hour shift. In his company, he was distinguished by three things, colleagues said: He was a good cook, he lifted more weights than anyone, and he was loyal to a fault.
"He was just a genuine friend," said Denny Burris, the Fire Department chaplain. "Whenever you said you needed something he would always be there, and if you weren't careful he'd be there in his pickup saying, "Where do we start?"
Mrs. Rhine had more trouble describing how much he meant to her, but she could talk of how he called during each 24-hour shift, and how he planned dates with her, even after 15 years of marriage.
"He was just wonderful, I can't say any more," she said in the living room of their house in DeSoto.
She said that when the doorbell rang Wednesday night and she saw Burris at her front door, she knew, in her heart, that her husband might well be dead.
Asked if she was angry that her husband chose to be a firefighter, she cried and said, "The human side says yes, because no one wants their loved one to be the one.
"But I know he was doing a service to the public. So you have to look at that end of it. To me, he was a hero."
Rhine is survived by his wife; their daughter, Ashley; his parents, Paul and Catherine Rhine of Cobden, Ill.; and four brothers, Paul, Kendall, Donald and Gale Rhine.
Service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Baptist Church, 6800 boulder Drive, in Dallas.
Staff Writer Bill Deener contributed to this report.
City of Dallas Fire Fighter; Badge Number 1168. Killed in the Line of Duty fighting a house fire.
Survived by wife Ruth Garcia Rhine, who he married July 17, 1971, and daughter, Ashley.
Also survived by parents, Paul and Catherine Rhine of Cobden, Illinois; and four brothers, Paul, Kendall, Donald, and Gale Rhine.
Services held at 2pm Saturday at Hillcrest Baptist Church, 6800 Boulder, Dallas, TX.
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DALLAS MORNING NEWS
FEB. 27, 1987
Strength, bravery marked firefighter
By Lorraine Adams
Staff Writer of The News
He was a tall man, a strong man, and he was usually the first into a burning house.
But on Wednesday night, firefighter Dale Wayne Rhine was dead, lost to a burst of flames in a fire in Oak Cliff.
Many who knew him grieved for him. His wife, at home with their 18-month-old baby, wept. After returning to Station 49, the firefighters on his shift sat together to talk into the night. Friends said they could not believe he was gone.
The next day, Dallas Fire Chief, Dodd Miller, his voice sometimes strained, asked Dallas residents at a news conference to remember Rhine, and every firefighter.
"Last year Dallas firefighters responded to 2,425 fires," Miller said. "No two fires are alike. And yet the potential for death and destruction exists anytime there is an uncontrolled fire in a structure."
The fire that killed Rhine began about 6 p.m. at a brick house in the 800 block of Misty Glen Lane in south central Oak Cliff. Within minutes, the firefighters reached the house. Rhine and other firefighters entered the house with hoses, searching for trapped occupants, according to standard procedures, Miller said.
No one was inside; Billy Wormly, his wife, Pat, and their two children were not there. Fire officials said they think the fire started in the kitchen, with an untended skillet of grease on an electric burner.
As Rhine and other firefighters pushed through the house, they were overwhelmed by a flashover—a sudden, explosive combustion of flammable gases in a closed space. Rhine had no vital signs when he was taken from the house.
Three other firefighters were injured. MacArthur Devers, 40, suffered second and third degree burns and was listed in stable condition late Thursday at Methodist Medical Center. Mitchell L. Williams, 38, who also suffered burns, was listed in serious but stable condition at Methodist. Raymond Vela, 35, was treated for minor burns and released from Methodist.
Rhine was pronounced dead at Methodist at 7:34 p.m. The exact cause of death was not known Thursday.
"Dallas firefighters continue to handle these situations and challenges," Miller said. "We talk about the nitty gritty of how the fire travels, and how we got lost in a small room filled with smoke. We all consider ourselves professionals who take calculated risks to overcome and win the fight and save the house, or the building, or the child. We never dwell long on what could happen."
What happened to Rhine, who was 38, seemed all the more painful to those who knew him, they said, because he was vital and strong—a man in the prime of his life.
"He was the strongest guy on his shift, that's for sure," said Wesley Killian, a firefighter at the same station. "He wasn't one of those to stay outside and wait for someone to call him."
Born in Eldorado, Ill., the youngest of five brothers, he was the first in his family to enter firefighting. He joined the Dallas Fire Department in 1972, the year he married his wife, Ruth.
"The first two or three years, there wasn't a part of the day that went by the I didn't think of him," she said Thursday. "But after a while, I came to see that he could handle himself."
Because he was 6-foot-2 and almost 240 pounds, Rhine became a "short ladder and pike pole man." To release the gases in a structure and provide ventilation, a pike pole man tears down ceilings and walls, a job that requires hard work and strength.
"His outfit always had more sheetrock on it after a fire than anybody else because he got in there and worked," Killian said.
Rhine's routine was a 24-hour shift, a 48-hour break, and then another 24-hour shift. In his company, he was distinguished by three things, colleagues said: He was a good cook, he lifted more weights than anyone, and he was loyal to a fault.
"He was just a genuine friend," said Denny Burris, the Fire Department chaplain. "Whenever you said you needed something he would always be there, and if you weren't careful he'd be there in his pickup saying, "Where do we start?"
Mrs. Rhine had more trouble describing how much he meant to her, but she could talk of how he called during each 24-hour shift, and how he planned dates with her, even after 15 years of marriage.
"He was just wonderful, I can't say any more," she said in the living room of their house in DeSoto.
She said that when the doorbell rang Wednesday night and she saw Burris at her front door, she knew, in her heart, that her husband might well be dead.
Asked if she was angry that her husband chose to be a firefighter, she cried and said, "The human side says yes, because no one wants their loved one to be the one.
"But I know he was doing a service to the public. So you have to look at that end of it. To me, he was a hero."
Rhine is survived by his wife; their daughter, Ashley; his parents, Paul and Catherine Rhine of Cobden, Ill.; and four brothers, Paul, Kendall, Donald and Gale Rhine.
Service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Baptist Church, 6800 boulder Drive, in Dallas.
Staff Writer Bill Deener contributed to this report.
Survived by wife Ruth Garcia Rhine, who he married July 17, 1971, and daughter, Ashley.
Also survived by parents, Paul and Catherine Rhine of Cobden, Illinois; and four brothers, Paul, Kendall, Donald, and Gale Rhine.
Services held at 2pm Saturday at Hillcrest Baptist Church, 6800 Boulder, Dallas, TX.
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DALLAS MORNING NEWS
FEB. 27, 1987
Strength, bravery marked firefighter
By Lorraine Adams
Staff Writer of The News
He was a tall man, a strong man, and he was usually the first into a burning house.
But on Wednesday night, firefighter Dale Wayne Rhine was dead, lost to a burst of flames in a fire in Oak Cliff.
Many who knew him grieved for him. His wife, at home with their 18-month-old baby, wept. After returning to Station 49, the firefighters on his shift sat together to talk into the night. Friends said they could not believe he was gone.
The next day, Dallas Fire Chief, Dodd Miller, his voice sometimes strained, asked Dallas residents at a news conference to remember Rhine, and every firefighter.
"Last year Dallas firefighters responded to 2,425 fires," Miller said. "No two fires are alike. And yet the potential for death and destruction exists anytime there is an uncontrolled fire in a structure."
The fire that killed Rhine began about 6 p.m. at a brick house in the 800 block of Misty Glen Lane in south central Oak Cliff. Within minutes, the firefighters reached the house. Rhine and other firefighters entered the house with hoses, searching for trapped occupants, according to standard procedures, Miller said.
No one was inside; Billy Wormly, his wife, Pat, and their two children were not there. Fire officials said they think the fire started in the kitchen, with an untended skillet of grease on an electric burner.
As Rhine and other firefighters pushed through the house, they were overwhelmed by a flashover—a sudden, explosive combustion of flammable gases in a closed space. Rhine had no vital signs when he was taken from the house.
Three other firefighters were injured. MacArthur Devers, 40, suffered second and third degree burns and was listed in stable condition late Thursday at Methodist Medical Center. Mitchell L. Williams, 38, who also suffered burns, was listed in serious but stable condition at Methodist. Raymond Vela, 35, was treated for minor burns and released from Methodist.
Rhine was pronounced dead at Methodist at 7:34 p.m. The exact cause of death was not known Thursday.
"Dallas firefighters continue to handle these situations and challenges," Miller said. "We talk about the nitty gritty of how the fire travels, and how we got lost in a small room filled with smoke. We all consider ourselves professionals who take calculated risks to overcome and win the fight and save the house, or the building, or the child. We never dwell long on what could happen."
What happened to Rhine, who was 38, seemed all the more painful to those who knew him, they said, because he was vital and strong—a man in the prime of his life.
"He was the strongest guy on his shift, that's for sure," said Wesley Killian, a firefighter at the same station. "He wasn't one of those to stay outside and wait for someone to call him."
Born in Eldorado, Ill., the youngest of five brothers, he was the first in his family to enter firefighting. He joined the Dallas Fire Department in 1972, the year he married his wife, Ruth.
"The first two or three years, there wasn't a part of the day that went by the I didn't think of him," she said Thursday. "But after a while, I came to see that he could handle himself."
Because he was 6-foot-2 and almost 240 pounds, Rhine became a "short ladder and pike pole man." To release the gases in a structure and provide ventilation, a pike pole man tears down ceilings and walls, a job that requires hard work and strength.
"His outfit always had more sheetrock on it after a fire than anybody else because he got in there and worked," Killian said.
Rhine's routine was a 24-hour shift, a 48-hour break, and then another 24-hour shift. In his company, he was distinguished by three things, colleagues said: He was a good cook, he lifted more weights than anyone, and he was loyal to a fault.
"He was just a genuine friend," said Denny Burris, the Fire Department chaplain. "Whenever you said you needed something he would always be there, and if you weren't careful he'd be there in his pickup saying, "Where do we start?"
Mrs. Rhine had more trouble describing how much he meant to her, but she could talk of how he called during each 24-hour shift, and how he planned dates with her, even after 15 years of marriage.
"He was just wonderful, I can't say any more," she said in the living room of their house in DeSoto.
She said that when the doorbell rang Wednesday night and she saw Burris at her front door, she knew, in her heart, that her husband might well be dead.
Asked if she was angry that her husband chose to be a firefighter, she cried and said, "The human side says yes, because no one wants their loved one to be the one.
"But I know he was doing a service to the public. So you have to look at that end of it. To me, he was a hero."
Rhine is survived by his wife; their daughter, Ashley; his parents, Paul and Catherine Rhine of Cobden, Ill.; and four brothers, Paul, Kendall, Donald and Gale Rhine.
Service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Baptist Church, 6800 boulder Drive, in Dallas.
Staff Writer Bill Deener contributed to this report.
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