On June 17, 1989 Fire Chief Ronald Boyd was working in the fire station with other firefighters unloading lumber for construcction of a second station. Earlier in the day they had loaded all of the lumber in Fayetteville. At 15:13 hours Chief Boyd suffered a heart attack. Firefighters started CPR and Central EMS was called to the scene and transported Chief Boyd to Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville. Chief Boyd was pronounced deat at 16:30 hours. Chief boyd was the first chief of the Round Mountain Fire. Brief Life History of Ronald Nelson When Ronald Nelson Boyd was born on 17 July 1948, in Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States, his father, Wayne Oval Boyd, was 27 and his mother, Sarah Violet Atha, was 24. He married Willa Jean McAdoo on 5 February 1975. He lived in Wesley, Madison, Arkansas, United States for about 1 years. He died on 17 June 1989, in Washington, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Zinnamon Cemetery, West Fork, Washington, Arkansas, United States.