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LODD Information
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter/Paramedic Ryan A. Hummert of IAFF Local 2665 - Professional Fire Fighters of Eastern Missouri. Brother Hummert, 22, died on Monday, July 21, 2008 as a result of wounds received after being shot by a gunman while responding to a car fire.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter Terrence "Terry" A. Graham of IAFF Local 771 - Saint John, New Brunswick. Brother Graham, 50, was a member of the local's executive board. He passed away on Thursday, July 10, 2008 of a massive heart attack after just getting off duty.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Lieutenant Jared Carson of IAFF Local 2563 - Cobb, Georgia. Brother Carson, 38, passed away on Wednesday, July 9, 2008 from cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter Cornelius Neil M. Keane of IAFF Local 718 Boston, Massachusetts. Brother Keane, 61, passed away on Monday, June 30, 2008 from cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Deputy Chief Jeff Powers of IAFF Local 1775 - Marin, California. Brother Powers, 44, passed away on Thursday, June 26, 2008 of a heart attack while on duty.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter Carlos Lewis of IAFF Local 1403 - Metropolitan Dade County, Florida. Brother Lewis, 50, passed away on Friday, June 20, 2008 of brain cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter Louie Sauceda of IAFF Local 4637 North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Brother Sauceda, 28, passed away on Thursday, June 19, 2008 of occupational cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter Kevin P. Pryor of IAFF Local 3734 - Newport Beach, California. Brother Pryor, 31, passed away on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 of a non-traumatic brain hemorrhage.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Apparatus Operator Robert L. Davis of IAFF Local 403 - Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Brother Davis passed away on Saturday, June 7, 2008 of a heart attack.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter Marty Hauer of IAFF Local 1747-Kent, Washington. Brother Hauer, 41, passed away on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 from cancer. He was an IAFF Peer Fitness Trainer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of District Chief James J. Gonzales, Sr. of IAFF Local 1468 - Saint Bernard, Louisiana. Brother Gonzales, 46, passed away on Thursday, May 29, 2008 of a heart attack.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter Sean M. McCarthy of IAFF Local 94 - New York, New York. Brother McCarthy, 35, passed away on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 of cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Richard A. "Rick" Burns of IAFF Local 1 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Brother Burns, 43, passed away early Saturday morning, May 24, 2008 of a heart attack while on duty.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Training Captain Joseph R. Mixon of IAFF Local 117 Birmingham, Alabama. Brother Mixon died on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 of a stroke. He was laid to rest on Friday, May 16, 2008.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Captain Ronald Campbell of IAFF Local 61 - Charleston, South Carolina. Brother Campbell died on Sunday, April 20, 2008 of cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter Rickey S. Morris of IAFF Local 823 - Sedalia, Missouri. Brother Morris, 54, died on Thursday, April 17, 2008 from burns he sustained while fighting a dwelling fire the week before.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter Keith D. Dawson of IAFF Local 1505 Flagstaff, Arizona. Brother Dawson, 57, died on Thursday, April 10, 2008 from occupational cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Apparatus Operator Jay R. Walter of IAFF Local 1227 Berkeley, California. Brother Walter, 55, died on Sunday, April 6, 2008 of pancreatic cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Captain Robin M. Broxterman of IAFF Local 3915 - Colerain Township, Ohio. Sister Broxterman, 37, died on Friday, April 4, 2008 when she fell through the floor while operating at a house fire.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter Brent A. Lovrien of IAFF Local 112 Los Angeles City, California. Brother Lovrien, 35, died on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 of injuries sustained in an explosion.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Lieutenant Donald M. Quinlan of IAFF Local 1009 - Worcester, Massachusetts. Brother Quinlan died on Saturday, March 22, 2008 from injuries sustained at a fire on New Years Eve.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Captain John P. Delaney of IAFF Local 2260- Mesa, Arizona. Brother Delaney, 44, died on Monday, March 17, 2008 of a heart attack while on duty.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Lieutenant Robert T. Kilduff, Sr. (known affectionately as Bob, Bobby, or "BK") who was the Vice President of IAFF Local 718 - Boston, Massachusetts and the Legislative Representative of the Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts. Brother Kilduff passed away on Thursday, March 13, 2008 from occupational cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Captain Matthew P. Moore of IAFF Local 3540 - Murrieta, California. Brother Moore, 43, a 17-year veteran of the Murrieta Fire Department, passed away on Monday, March 10, 2008 from complications of meningitis.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Apparatus Operator A. Shepherd Pfister of IAFF Local 1374 - Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. Brother Pfister, 51, died on Tuesday, March 4, 2008 of cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Apparatus Operator Roger Dennis, Jr. of IAFF Local 624 - San Antonio, Texas. Brother Dennis, 55, died of cardiac arrest on Friday, February 29, 2008.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Lieutenant Jay L. Ervin of IAFF Local 655 - Bradford, Pennsylvania. Brother Ervin, 50, died on Saturday, March 1, 2008 from kidney and bone cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter Todd Stanaway of IAFF Local 1279 - Westland, Michigan. Brother Stanaway, 35, died on Sunday, February 24, 2008 from brain cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter Joseph M. Farrell of IAFF Local 520 - Rochester, Minnesota. Brother Farrell, 41, died on Friday, February 22, 2008 from cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Captain Donald W. Hubbel of IAFF Local 964, Baltimore Fire Officers Association, Baltimore, Maryland. Brother Hubbel, 42, died on Friday, February 1, 2008 of a heart attack, less than 24 hours after training at the fire academy.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Battalion Chief James H. Scragg of IAFF Local 2898, Seattle Fire Chiefs, Seattle, Washington. Brother Scragg, 54, died on Thursday, January 17, 2008 of occupational lung cancer. He was a survivor of the Pang Warehouse arson fire of 1995 where four fire fighters lost their lives.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter Richard L. Besse of IAFF Local 718 - Boston, Massachusetts. Brother Besse, 61, died on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 of cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Lieutenant Vincent P. Russell of IAFF Local 718 - Boston, Massachusetts. Brother Russell died on Wednesday, January 9, 2008 from injuries sustained at a fire on Thursday, January 3, 2008. He was laid to rest on Monday, January 14, 2008.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Firefighter/Paramedic Louis "Lou" Berra of IAFF Local 2665 -- West County EMS and Fire Protection District, Missouri. Brother Berra, 49, died January 18, 2008 while on duty and the cause of death remains under investigation.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Hazmat Officer Gregory M. Allen of IAFF Local 557 - Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Brother Allen, 37, died on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 from cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Apparatus Operator/Driver Jarrett A. Dixon of IAFF Local 1311 - Baltimore County, Maryland. Brother Dixon, 36, died on Saturday, January 12, 2008 of a heart attack.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter Michael Gordon Swetnam of IAFF Local 999 Moncton, New Brunswick. Brother Swetnam, 60, died on Sunday, January 13, 2008 of cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Captain James Robeson of IAFF Local 60 - Scranton, Pennsylvania. Brother Robeson died on Sunday morning, January 6, 2008 of electrocution while fighting a fire.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Lieutenant John H. Martinson of IAFF Local 854 - New York Uniformed Fire Officers Association. Brother Martinson, 40, died on Thursday, January 3, 2008 from smoke inhalation/burns while responding to a Brooklyn high-rise fire.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter William "Billy" McCarthy, of IAFF Local 718-Boston, Massachusetts. Brother McCarty, 55, died last week from cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Lieutenant Alex John Keepers of IAFF Local 3756 Loudoun County, Virginia. Brother Keepers died on Monday, December 31, 2007 in a vehicle accident.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter John Jacob Curry of IAFF Local 3574 - Volusia County, Florida. Brother Curry, 30, died on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 from a training accident.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Assistant Chief Randall Randy Dale Mantle of IAFF Local 3904 Southern Missouri Professional Fire Fighters. Chief Mantle, 43, died on Sunday, November 18, 2007 from Acute Myelogenous Leukemia.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Captain William A. Jordan of IAFF Local 2068 - Fairfax County, Virginia. Brother Jordan, 57, died on Thursday, November 22, 2007 from lung cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Senior Fire Fighter Michael J. Tluscik, Sr. of IAFF Local 64 Kansas City, Kansas. Brother Tluscik, 48, died on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 after collapsing at the fire station upon returning from a call.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the passing of Brother Peter Drummond; a Coquitlam Professional Fire Fighter L1782. Brother Drummond was a 28 year veteran who finally succumbed to his long battle with colo-rectal cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Captain Paul Donahoe of IAFF Local 2727 - Markham, Ontario. Brother Donahoe, 51, died on Tuesday, October 9, 2007 from Non-hodgkins Lymphoma.
It is with the deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of James Langton of IAFF Local 457 - Kitchener, Ontario. Brother Langton, 77, passed away on Sunday, September 30, 2007 after a long battle with an occupational cancer. He was a key member of the KPFFA Executive Board, serving both as President and Secretary for most of his career while with the Kitchener Fire Department. He also served as the Third District Vice-President for the Ontario Professional Fire Fighters Association for many years.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Apparatus Engineer Christopher A. Johnson of IAFF Local 2881 - CDF Firefighters, Sacramento, California. Brother Johnson, 32, died on Thursday, September 20, 2007 from leukemia.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Director James H. Boyd of IAFF Local 1311 - Baltimore County, Maryland. Brother Boyd, 55, died on Sunday, September 23, 2007 from cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the LODD of Fire Fighter William "Willie" Lozano. Brother Lozano, 48, died on Thursday, September 20, 2007 from cancer. He was a former Vice President of the Local and served on the Executive Board for most of his 25-year career at USAF Plant 42, Palmdale Airport Fire Department.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter Kelly L. Page of IAFF Local 853-Lowell, Massachusetts. Brother Page, 38, died on Friday, September 14, 2007 after returning from a fire call. He was getting equipment ready when he collapsed in the firehouse.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Captain John A. Chappelle of IAFF Local 3888 - Toronto, Ontario. Brother Chappelle, 53, died on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 from brain cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty deaths of two members of IAFF Local 718 Boston, Massachusetts. Fire Fighters Paul J. Cahill, 55 and Warren J. Payne, 53, were, both assigned to Engine 30 / Ladder 25. They were fighting a fire in a restaurant on the evening of August 29th when the roof collapsed trapping them and their crews inside the structure.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Acting Captain Robert E. Hall of IAFF Local 18 Vancouver, British Columbia. Brother Hall, 51, died on Monday, August 27, 2007 from cancer. Brother Hall was not only a member of Local 18 for 26 years, but also a past Secretary-Treasurer of Local 18 as well as the British Columbia Professional Fire Fighters Association.
The memorial will be held on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Andrews Wesley Church, 100-1022 Nelson Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 4S7, (604) 683-4574. The wake/coalition will be held directly after the memorial at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel, 1088 Burrard Street, Vancouver.
All fire fighters are to muster at #7 Fire Hall, 1090 Haro Street, Vancouver at 0800 hours in dress uniform.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter Steven A. Gregory IAFF Local 1364 Ventura County, California. Brother Gregory, 46, died on Sunday, August 26, 2007 from occupational cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty deaths of two members of IAFF Local 94 New York City, New York. Fire Fighters Robert Beddia, 53 and Joseph Graffagnino, 34, both assigned to Engine 24 / Ladder 5, were trying to reach and put out a fire, which started on the 17th floor of the Deutsche Bank Office Building, Saturday evening. The building, adjacent to Ground Zero in lower Manhattan, was vacant and being demolished.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter Ken Preas of IAFF Local 1285 - Las Vegas, Nevada. Brother Preas died on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 from cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Captain Anthony "Tony" P. Cox of IAFF Local 83 - Topeka, Kansas. Brother Cox, 44, died on Monday, August 13, 2007 while fighting a multi-family house fire.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Senior Fire Fighter Gordon L. Paul of IAFF Local 255 - Calgary, Alberta. Brother Paul died on Tuesday, August 7, 2007 from brain cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty deaths of two members of IAFF Local 1230 - Contra Costa County, California. Captain Matthew C. Burton, 35, and Engineer Scott P. Desmond, 37 both died on Saturday, July 21, 2007 in a flashover while attempting to rescue two people from a house fire.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Captain Linwood L. Hurst, Jr. of IAFF Local 1146 Lynchburg, Virginia. Brother Hurst, 60, died on Saturday, July 7, 2007 from pancreatic cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter/Technician James J. McRae, III of IAFF Local 36 Washington, DC. Brother McRae, 36, died on Saturday, July 7, 2007 after an undetermined medical emergency.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter Eric Lyons of IAFF Local 1296 Kennewick, Washington. Brother Lyons, 38, died on Thursday, July 5, 2007 of unknown causes after returning from a call involving a brush fire.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Deputy Fire Marshal Ronald Y. Wiley of IAFF Local 188 - Richmond, California. Brother Wiley, 47, died on Monday, July 2, 2007 in a vehicle accident while returning to his office.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter Edwin R. Matos of IAFF Local 1693 - Holyoke, Massachusetts. Brother Matos, 38, died on Sunday, July 1, 2007 from a heart attack.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Captain Samuel W. Downing of IAFF Local 1349 - Mobile, Alabama. Brother Downing, 45, died on Saturday, June 30, 2007 of a heart attack after his tour of duty in which he made three to four runs.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Captain Robert Tourangeau of IAFF Local 849 - Cornwall, Ontario. Brother Tourangeau, 61, died on Thursday, June 28, 2007 from cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter Daniel J. Pujdak of IAFF Local 94 - New York, New York. Brother Pujdak, 23, died on Thursday, June 21, 2007 after falling several floors while battling a blaze in Brooklyn.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty deaths of the following nine members of the Charleston Fire Department, South Carolina. They are Fire Fighter James "Earl" Drayton, 56; Captain Theodore M. Benke, 49; and Engineer and local 61 Treasurer Rodney Bradford Baity, 37; Captain William Hutchinson, 48; Captain Louis Mulkey, 34; Engineer Mark Kelsey, 40; Assistant Engineer Michael French, 27; Fire Fighter Melven Champaign, 46; and Fire Fighter Brandon Thompson, 27. They all died on Monday, June 18, 2007 when the floor of a sofa furniture warehouse collapsed while they were trying to put out the blaze.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Deputy Chief Thomas P. Canzanella, President of IAFF Local 3172 - Hackensack, New Jersey. Brother Canzanella, 50, died this morning of cardiac arrest. Brother Canzanella was also the President of the Professional Firefighters Association of New Jersey as well as a District Field Service Representative for the IAFF in the first district and a HazMat/WMD Instructor.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter/Paramedic Mark S. Carter of IAFF Local 493 - Phoenix, Arizona. Brother Carter died on Monday, June 4, 2007 when he collapsed and went into cardiac arrest while on duty.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter David A. Middleton of IAFF Local 718 Boston, Massachusetts. Brother Middleton, 38, died on Tuesday, May 29, 2007 of cardiac arrest after ending a tour where he responded to two working fires.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter Robert J. Flamily of IAFF Local 1365 Orlando, Florida. Brother Flamily, 58, died on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 of Hepatitis C.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Captain John Keane, Secretary of IAFF Local 1339 Waterbury, Connecticut. Brother Keane, 39, died this morning, May 22, 2007 from head and internal injuries as a result of a fire apparatus accident while responding to a kitchen fire on Saturday, May 19, 2007.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Lieutenant Paul K. Warrener of IAFF Local 2748 - Warwick, Rhode Island. Brother Warrener, 44, died on Monday, May 21, 2007 of cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Captain Michael L. Marcinik of IAFF Local 2446 Palm Bay, Florida. Brother Marcinik, 46, died on Saturday, May 19, 2007 of a heart attack.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Captain Edward L. Andrews of IAFF Local 1934 - Redding, California. Brother Andrews, 53, died on Monday, May 14, 2007 of a heart attack during his required fitness training.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter Mark Thomas Keeton of IAFF Local 1285 - Las Vegas, Nevada. Brother Keeton, 44, died on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 from brain cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Captain Kenneth R. Charlebois of IAFF Local 162 - Ottawa, Ontario. Brother Charlebois, 62, died on Thursday, May 3, 2007 from esophageal cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter Charles A. Stroud of IAFF Local 528 - Niagara Falls, Ontario. Brother Stroud, 55, died on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 from brain cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Battalion Chief Indalecio Indy Morgado of IAFF Local 1403 Metropolitan Dade County, Florida. Brother Morgado, 58, died on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 from cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Captain Joe E. "Ed" Ivy of IAFF Local 2960 - Nacogdoches, Texas. Brother Ivy, 51, died on Saturday, April 28, 2007 of a heart attack
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Battalion Chief, EMS Director Joseph E. Newsome of IAFF Local 2803 Chesterfield County, Virginia. Brother Newsome, 40, died Monday, April 23, 2007 during his required fitness training.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Captain Thomas M. Gallagher of IAFF Local 280-Syracuse, New York. Brother Gallagher, 59, died on Tuesday, April 17, 2007 from cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Assistant Fire Chief Bryan K. Zollner of IAFF Local 2881 CDF Fire Fighters / Sacramento, California. Brother Zollner, 44 died on Thursday, April 12, 2007 in a motor vehicle accident.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Lieutenant Charles R. "Chuck" Legg of IAFF Local 280 - Syracuse, New York. Brother Legg, 46, passed away on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 from brain cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter Leonard F. Delaney of IAFF Local 30 - Cambridge, Massachusetts. Brother Delaney, 63, died on Friday, March 23, 2007 from cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter William F. Grant of IAFF Local 2 - Chicago, Illinois. Brother Grant, 44, died on Friday, March 23, 2007 in an apparatus accident when his Truck 51 was hit by a school bus (no kids). Three other fire fighters were injured with no life-threatening injuries.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Captain Gary A. Wilson of IAFF Local 3888 Toronto, Ontario. Brother Wilson, 48, died on Friday, March 16, 2007 from cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Captain Lucian Dale Breaux of IAFF Local 1442 Crowley, Louisiana. Brother Breaux, 60, died on Saturday, March 17, 2007 from a heart attack while on duty.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Lieutenant Jackie Jay W. Lester of IAFF Local 972 Lubbock, Texas. Brother Lester, 50, died on Tuesday, March 13, 2007 from brain cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter Huemiller Evans of IAFF Local 734 Baltimore, Maryland. Brother Evans, 48, died on Wednesday, March 14, 2007 from cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Captain John F. Kenney of IAFF Local 718 Boston, Massachusetts. Brother Kenney, 48, died on Friday, March 9, 2007 from brain cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Captain Randy
Meyer of IAFF Local 455 - Windsor, Ontario. Brother Meyer, 57, died on Monday,
February 26, 2007 from non-hodgkins lymphoma.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Captain William
C. Nolan of IAFF Local 191 Watertown, New York. Brother Nolan, 52, died on
Monday, February 26, 2007 of cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of District Chief
Vernon Gobert of IAFF Local 1051 - Bossier City, Louisiana. Brother Gobert, 36, died on
Friday, February 23, 2007 of cancer.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Engine Operator Joseph T. Torkos of IAFF Local 344 – Detroit, Michigan. Brother Torkos, 47, died on Wednesday, February 7, 2007 in an apparatus accident while on his way responding to a fire.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter Bryan Paul Roberts of IAFF Local 793 - Columbia, South Carolina, Brother Roberts, 26, died on Saturday, February 3, 2007 of heart-related complications.
He will be laid to rest today at 3:00 p.m.
It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Captains Thomas Nichols and Harold Lessard of IAFF Local 867 - Winnipeg, Manitoba. Brothers Nichols, 57, and Lessard, 55, were killed on Sunday, February 4, 2007 while fighting a residential fire, where it is believed a flashover occurred. Four other fire fighters were injured in the fire, one in critical condition.
Funeral services have been arranged for Brothers Nichols and Lessard, and may be attended
by friends and family of Captain Nichols and Captain Lessard and the City of Winnipeg fire fighters.
Any fire fighters attending MUST be in full uniform. The Lessard funeral will be held Thursday, February 8, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. at the North Kildonan Mennonite Brethren Church, 1315 Gateway Road. The Nichols funeral will be held Monday, February 12, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. at the Grant Memorial Baptist Church, 877 Wilkes Avenue.
The Memorial Service for Captain Harold Lessard and Captain Tom Nichols will be held on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. at the MTS Centre, 300 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 5S4. The doors will open at 8:00 a.m. and we ask that members of the public be seated by 9:30 a.m.. Fire fighters are asked to muster at 6:00 a.m. (no later than 7:00 a.m.) in the Winnipeg Convention Centre.
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