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Year Honored
1999
Honoree
Deanene L Seago
Agency
Williams Medic-Aid/Orange County Ambulance Service
Agency City
Beaumont/Orange
Agency State
TX
Last Call
5/1/98
Cause of Death
Ambulance Involved MVC
Biography
God makes angels only from the best!<br /> <br /> Deanene Seago was one of those people who was just meant to be a paramedic. According to her friends, she made it look so easy, giving needed support when they felt the program's rigorous teachings were "just too much". "While I was busy crying, Dee was just trucking along, loving it all. Dee got on my nerves", "Shock, shock, shock, epi, shock, lidocaine, shock, etc.", "She made it seem so easy", said Eva Jo Scott, of her friend, Dee. Finally, a year later we were paramedics.<br /> <br /> "Dee" Seago was a proud member of the Williams Medic-Aid Rescue Squad. She began her career with Orange County Ambulance Service as an EMT-Basic. Dee soon received her EMT-Intermediate, not stopping until she had achieved the status of a Nationally Registered Paramedic, as well as Texas Department of Health Paramedic. She worked full-time with OCAS and part-time with Williams Medic-Aid. Dee devoted her personal time to handicapped children, after-hours visits to nursing home residents, teaching community CPR, and teaching EMS classes.<br /> <br /> "Dee" Seago, 26, lost her life in the line of duty; the ambulance she was driving crashed on May 1, 1998. She was on an emergency call at the time of the accident, her partner was injured but survived.<br /> <br /> Dee gave 100% of herself to the EMS field and was well known for her aggressive style and her fondness for children. EMS was not a job for Dee, but a way of life. Dee is survived by her parents, Buncy and Audrey Seago of Orange, Texas, and her siblings.<br /> <br /> Honored 1999