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	Check Out The Website "A Heros Tribute" :: March 10,1941 Brockton Massachusetts :: March 10,1941 at 12:45 PM the Brockton Fire Department Transmitted Box 1311 for a reported fire in the basement of The Strand Theatre On School Street. On arrival a heavy fire condition in the basement extended upwards towards the roof. 13 Firefighters were killed when the roof collapsed onto the men working on a interior balcony. Firefighter Henry Sullivan (Engine 1) Firefighter George Collins (Engine 1) Firefighter Martin Lipper (Engine 1) Firefighter Frederick Kelley (Engine 1) Lieutenant Raymond Mitchell (Engine 4) Firefighter William Murphy (Squad A) Firefighter Daniel O'Brien (Squad A) Firefighter Denis Murphy (Squad A) Firefighter Roy Mckeraghan (Squad A) Firefighter John McNeil (Ladder 1) Firefighter Bartholomew Hearlihy (Ladder 1) Captain John Carroll (Ladder 3) Firefighter Matthew McGeary (Ladder 3) :: June 17,1972 Boston Massachusetts :: On June 17, 1972 Boston firefighters responded on Box 1571 Dartmouth & Newbury Streets for fire at The Hotel Vondome at Commonwealth & Dartmouth Streets 4 Alarms were transmitted for the fire, which was knocked down several hours later. During overhaul operations a portion of the building collapsed trapping several firefighters, 9 died as a result. Firefighter Joesph Boucher Jr. (Engine 22) Firefighter John Jameson (Engine 22) Lieutenant Thomas Carroll (Engine 32) Firefighter Paul Murphy (Engine 32) Firefighter Thomas beckwith (Engine 32) Firefighter Richard Magee (Engine 33) Lieutenant John Hanbury Jr. (Ladder 13) Firefighter Joesph Saniuk (Ladder 13) Firefighter Charles Dolan (Ladder 13) 10-01-1992 Firefighter Chester Warner Prudence Island Fire Department :: August 22, 1993 Pawtucket Firefighter John Hargraves :: On August 22,1993 at 15:07 Firefighters were dispatched to McBurney Law Offices located at 100 Cottage street. First arriving companies had smoke showing from the chimney. John Hargraves a 19 year Veteran Firefighter 1 year from retiring arrived with Engine 6 and entered the basement of the building along with Engine 2. At first crews thought it was a boiler backfire a pretty routine situation, but as advancing companies made the basement heavy heat and smoke indicated this wasn’t routine. While Companies searched for the seat of the fire,the basement stairs began to burn Lieutenant Buchanan knocked the fire down with a line and the order crews in the basement to evacuate, Hargraves became separated from his company. During Roll Call Firefighter Hargraves was caught in a back draft, He Evacuated thru the side exit of the building and collapsed in the parking lot.He was transported to Memorial Hospital then later Life flighted to Norwalk Hospital In Norwalk Ct.On Sunday, September 26,1993 He died from his injuries. 01-10-1994 District Chief Harold Salisbury East Greenwich Fire Department 06-24-1994 Lieutenant Stephen Minehan Boston Fire Department 01-28-1995 Firefighter Victor Melendy Stoughton Fire Department 07-13-1996 Firefighter Auther Petit Holyoke Fire Department 12-21-1996 Firefighter James Ellis Boston Fire Department 12-11-1997 Firefighter Ronald Guilmette Woonsocket Fire Department 05-29-1998 Chief Robert Munter Berlin Fire Department 01-29-1999 Firefighter Joesph Murphy Boston Fire Department 04-08-1999 Deputy Chief John Murphy Russell Fire Department 04-28-1999 Firefighter David Watts Nantucket Fire Department 08-05-1999 Assistant Chief Richard Bacon Dunstable Fire Department  :: 09-03-1999 "The Worcester 6" :: The Worcester Fire Department protects the lives and property of nearly 175,400 in approximately 39 square miles running out of 12 stations with 15 Engine Companies 7 Ladder Companies 1 Heavy Rescue & 3 District Chiefs. The Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse building was built in 1906 and measured 88x88 with a addition built in 1912 measuring about 70x120 both were six floors high with 7000-8000 square feet of space on each floor and had been used as a large meat processing and storage facility. The Worcester Cold Storage company occupied the building along with Chicago Dressed Beef who sold the large "L" Shaped building to CDB Realty Trust on May 14, 1987, The Worcester Cold Storage Company occupied the building until the Fall of 1988 when they relocated operations to Millbrook Street, the refrigeration system was eventually shut down in 1989. The nearly windowless building stood vacant for eleven years with no fire alarm or working sprinkler systems and minimal if any security or building maintenance making a great place for vandals and vagrants to reside. On December 3, 1999 at 18:13 the Worcester fire alarm office transmitted Box 1438 Franklin Street & Arctic Street for a reported building fire behind the Kenmore diner at 250 Franklin Street Engines 1,6,12,13 Ladders, 1 & 5 Rescue 1 and Car 3 responded. While crews were enroute fire alarm notified command a off duty police officer on Route 290 Eastbound was reporting smoke from the top of the building, Shortly thereafter Engine 1 arrived and reported heavy smoke showing from the roof of 266 Franklin Street the Worcester Cold Storage Building and initiated a interior operation, on what was then believed to be a manageable fire. Car 3 transmitted a 2nd Alarm on arrival, at 18:18 Engines 2,16 Aeriel Scope 2 & Car 2 responded. Engine 13 reported a fire condition in the elevator shaft on floors 2 & 3 moments later Ladder 1 transmitted a urgent message reporting a heavy fire condition in a floor 2 freezer room and requested a company with a handline to assist shortly after members from Rescue 1 reported heavy smoke and embers from the roof and reported the fire in the building nearest the highway. At 18:24 the owner of the Kenmore Diner reported possibly two homeless people inside and additional members entered to preform search and rescue operations, Chief McNamee transmitted a 3rd Alarm at 18:40 with Engines 3,7 & Ladder 2 dispatched. At 18:46 Firefighter Brotherton & Firefighter Lucey (Rescue 1) radio command they were lost, another radio transmission was made notifying command they were one floor down from the top floor low on air, During this time Engine 1 was reporting to companies on floor two to back down due to rapidly deteriorating conditions. At 18:47 Rescue 1 transmitted another Emergency Message reporting that they were low on air and buddy breathing. A 4th Alarm was subsequently transmitted at 18:52 With Engines 8,15 Ladder 4 responding. Command ordered the two missing members of Rescue 1 to activate their PASS devices at 18:55 Rescue 1 responded by stating "They Are Activated!" this is the last intelligible message heard from the crew. Two members From Ladder 2 (Lieutenant Spencer/Firefighter Jackson) and two members from Engine 3 (Firefighter Lyons/Firefighter Mcguirk) searched for the missing men at 19:08 Ladder 2 radioed to command to have a crew start yelling from the stairwell to help them find the way back down they were low on air on the fifth floor, At 19:15 Ladder 2 made there last call stating "were done" this is the last time the four man search crew of Ladder 2 & Engine 3 was heard from. The 5th alarm was struck at 19:26 bringing Engines 5,10 & Car 4 to the scene At 19:51 Heavy fire broke thru the vent hole 30 feet into the air shooting over the billboard that sat atop the building immediately adjacent to the highway, At 19:58 Car 3 made the biggest decision of his career evacuating the building switching to a exterior or defensive attack and having to uphold his order by standing in the doorway and push back firefighters who tried to reenter the building to search. Eventually mutual aid from around the state arrived to relieve Worcester firefighters and staff the apparatus that was flowing water from the dozens of ladder pipes set up on all sides as the building turned into a inferno known to some as "The Perfect Fire", the operation lasted twenty hours. The recovery operation began on Saturday Afternoon December 4th once the heaviest fire was knocked down and a wrecking crew could safely begin working, Firefighters from around Massachusetts and other Members of the search worked 24 hours a day for eight days and called the buildings "A" Building & "B" Building. The third, fourth, fifth and sixth floors collapsed down onto floor 2 which was called "The Deck", The first fallen firefighter was found on Sunday morning December 5th but it took until a week later December 11th for the final fallen firefighters to be found. On December 11, 1999 the recall was sounded on Box 1438 and the healing process began. The fire was started earlier on Friday afternoon December 3rd by two homeless people who inadvertently knocked over a lit candle during a fight. They never reported the fire which burned undetected and fed on the contents and other combustible material in a floor two office area before spreading thru void spaces to upper floors until smoke became visible from the top of the elevator shaft on the roof. Six charges of manslaughter were filed and subsequently dropped on the two subjects involved on September 19, 2000. A fence remains at the site and memorializes the lives of the men now known as "The Worcester 6", A new firehouse is being constructed on the site to replace the fire station that was demolished to make room for the expanding downtown area. The Worcester Fire Department has also implemented several safety procedures since the fire including but not limited to the placarding of dangerous vacant buildings around the city. This was the first time in 21 years that six or more firefighters have been killed from injuries sustained in the line of duty during a structural fire, On August 2, 1978 six New York City Firefighters were killed when the roof of the burning building they were working on collapsed at the corner of Avenue Y & Ocean Avenue in Brooklyn. Paul A Brotherton Jeremiah M. Lucey Timothy P. Jackson James F.“Jay” Lyons III Joseph T. McGuirk Thomas E. Spencer 12-20-1999 Firefighter Theodore Ferrante Jr. Revere Fire Department 08-26-2000 Firefighter Jamie Quinones Jr. Waterbury Fire Deparment 10-13-2000 Firefighter David Fitzgerald Somerville Fire Department :: March 14,2001 Phoenix Firefighter Bret Tarver :: At 4:55 March 14,2001 The Phoenix Fire Department Dispatched Engine 24 to a report of a trash fire in the rear of a supermarket located at 35th avenue and McDowell road,this was the initial report of what would turn out to be a 5 alarm fire. Firefighter Bret Tarver responded with other members from Station 14 on the alarm.On arrival crews had a outside fire extending heavily into the structure. As Firefighter Tarver and others were involved in a interior attack, conditions deteriorated and the walls began to collaspe in, the firefighters became trapped. Maydays were transmitted also reports that members were low on air and buddy breathing. RIT teams were deployed to search for the missing members. Engine 6 responded on the 2nd alarm, on arrival 1 firefighter was located (Firefighter Tomazin) who was removed from the building, Engine 6 became engaged in the search for the remaining members still unaccounted for in the building, 90 seconds later they entered the butcher shop FF. Tarver was located on the floor unresponsive with his SCBA facemask half off. E6 removed FF.Tarver via a handline to the exterior where EMS was staged. Firefighter Tarver died at a area hospital, He was the first firefighter to die in the line of duty since Timothy Hale in 1994. The 4 other firefighters were treated at a local hospital. :: September 11, 2001 :: A Joseph Agnello, Ladder 118 Lieutenant Brian Ahearn, Battalion 13 Eric Allen, Squad 18 Richard Allen, Ladder 15 Captain James Amato, Squad 1 Calixto Anaya Jr., Engine 4 Joseph Agnello, Ladder 118 Lieutenant Brian Ahearn, Battalion 13 Eric Allen, Squad 18 Richard Allen, Ladder 15 Captain James Amato, Squad 1 Calixto Anaya Jr., Engine 4 Joseph Angelini, Rescue 1 Joseph Angelini Jr., Ladder 4 Faustino Apostol Jr., Battalion 2 David Arce, Engine 33 Louis Arena, Ladder 5 Carl Asaro, Battalion 9 Lieutenant Gregg Atlas, Engine 10 Gerald Atwood, Ladder 21 B Gerald Baptiste, Ladder 9 A.C. Gerard Barbara, Command Center Matthew Barnes, Ladder 25 Arthur Barry, Ladder 15 Lieutenant Steven Bates, Engine 235 Carl Bedigian, Engine 214 Stephen Belson, Battalion 7 John Bergin, Rescue 5 Paul Beyer, Engine 6 Peter Bielfeld, Ladder 42 Brian Bilcher, Squad 1 Carl Bini, Rescue 5 Christopher Blackwell, Rescue 3 Michael Bocchino, Battalion 48 Frank Bonomo, Engine 230 Gary Box, Squad 1 Michael Boyle, Engine 33 Kevin Bracken, Engine 40 Michael Brennan, Ladder 4 Peter Brennan, Rescue 4 Captain Daniel Brethel, Ladder 24 Captain Patrick Brown, Ladder 3 Andrew Brunn, Ladder 5 Captain Vincent Brunton, Ladder 105 Ronald Bucca F.M. Greg Buck, Engine 201 Captain William Burke Jr., Engine 21 A.C. Donald Burns, Command Center John Burnside, Ladder 20 Thomas Butler, Squad 1 Patrick Byrne, Ladder 101 C George Cain, Ladder 7 Salvatore Calabro, Ladder 101 Captain Frank Callahan, Ladder 35 Michael Cammarata, Ladder 11 Brian Cannizzaro, Dennis Carey, HMC.1 Michael Carlo, Engine 230 Michael Carroll, Ladder 3 Peter Carroll, Squad 1 Thomas Casoria, Engine 22 Michael Cawley, Ladder 136 Vernon Cherry, Ladder 118 Nicholas Chiofalo, Engine 235 John Chipura, Engine 219 Michael Clarke, Ladder 2 Steven Coakley, Engine 217 Tarel Coleman, Squad 252 John Collins, Ladder 25 Robert Cordice, Squad 1 Ruben Correa, Engine 74 James Coyle, Ladder 3 Robert Crawford, Safety Lieutenant John Crisci, H.M. Battalion Chief Dennis Cross, Battalion 57 Thomas Cullen III, Squad 41 Robert Curatolo, Ladder 16 D Lieutenant Edward D'Atri, Squad 1 Michael D'Auria, Engine 40 Scott Davidson, Ladder 118 Edward Day, Ladder 11 Battalion Chief Thomas DeAngelis, Battalion 8 Manuel Delvalle, Engine 5 Martin DeMeo, H.M. 1 David DeRubbio, Engine 226 Lieutenant Andrew Desperito, Engine 1 Battalion Chief Dennis Devlin, Battalion 9 Gerard Dewan, Ladder 3 George DiPasquale, Ladder 2 Lieutenant Kevin Donnelly, Ladder 3 Lieutenant Kevin Dowdell, Rescue 4 Battalion Chief Raymond Downey, S.O.C. Gerard Duffy, Ladder 21 E Captain Martin Egan, Jr., Division 15 Michael Elferis, Engine 22 Francis Esposito, Engine 235 Lieutenant Michael Esposito, Squad 1 Robert Evans, Engine 33 F Battalion Chief John Fanning, H.O. Captain Thomas Farino, Engine 26 Terrence Farrell, Rescue 4 Captain Joseph Farrelly, Division 1 William Feehan, Dep. Comm. Lee Fehling, Engine 235 Alan Feinberg, Battalion 9 Michael Fiore, Rescue 5 Lieutenant John Fischer, Ladder 20 Andre Fletcher, Rescue 5 John Florio, Engine 214 Lieutenant Michael Fodor, Ladder 21 Thomas Foley, Rescue 3 David Fontana, Squad 1 Robert Foti, Ladder 7 Andrew Fredericks, Squad 18 Lieutenant Peter Freund, Engine 55 G Thomas Gambino Jr., Rescue 3 Peter Ganci, Jr. Chief of Department Lieutenant Charles Garbarini, Battalion 9 Thomas Gardner, HMC.1 Matthew Garvey, Squad 1 Bruce Gary, Engine 40 Gary Geidel, Rescue 1 Battalion Chief Edward Geraghty, Battalion 9 Dennis Germain, Ladder 2 Lieutenant Vincent Giammona, Ladder 5 James Giberson, Ladder 35 Ronnie Gies, Squad 288 Paul Gill, Engine 54 Lieutenant John Ginley, Engine 40 Jeffrey Giordano, Ladder 3 John Giordano, HMC.1 Keith Glascoe, Ladder 21 James Gray, Ladder 20 Battalion Chief Joseph Grzelak, Battalion 48 Jose Guadalupe, Engine 54 Lieutenant Geoffrey Guja, Battalion 43 Lieutenant Joseph Gullickson, Ladder 101 H David Halderman, Squad 18 Lt. Vincent Halloran, Ladder 8 Robert Hamilton, Squad 41 Sean Hanley, Ladder 20 Thomas Hannafin, Ladder 5 Dana Hannon, Engine 26 Daniel Harlin, Ladder 2 Lieutenant Harvey Harrell, Rescue 5 Lieutenant Stephen Harrell, Battalion 7 Captain Thomas Haskell, Jr. Division 15 Timothy Haskell, Squad 18 Captain Terence Hatton, Rescue 1 Michael Haub, Ladder 4  Lieutenant Michael Healey, Squad 41 John Hefferman, Ladder 11 Ronnie Henderson, Engine 279 Joseph Henry, Ladder 21 William Henry, Rescue 1 Thomas Hetzel, Ladder 13 Captain Brian Hickey, Rescue 4 Lieutenant Timothy Higgins, S.O.C. Jonathan Hohmann, HMC.1 Thomas Holohan, Engine 6 Joseph Hunter, Squad 288 Captain Walter Hynes, Ladder 13 I Jonathan Ielpi, Squad 288 Captain Frederick Ill Jr., Ladder 2 J William Johnston, Engine 6 Andrew Jordan, Ladder 132 Karl Joseph, Engine 207 Lieutenant Anthony Jovic, Battalion 47 Angel Juarbe Jr., Ladder 12 Mychal Judge, Chaplain K Vincent Kane, Engine 22 Battalion Chief Charles Kasper, S.O.C. Paul Keating, Ladder 5 Richard Kelly Jr., Ladder 11 Thomas R. Kelly, Ladder 15 Thomas W. Kelly, Ladder 105 Thomas Kennedy, Ladder 101 Lieutenant Ronald Kerwin, Squad 288 Michael Kiefer, Ladder 132 Robert King Jr., Engine 33 Scott Kopytko, Ladder 15 William Krukowski, Ladder 21 Kenneth Kumpel, Ladder 25 Thomas Kuveikis, Squad 252 L David LaForge, Ladder 20 William Lake, Rescue 2 Robert Lane, Engine 55 Peter Langone, Squad 252 Scott Larsen, Ladder 15 Lieutenant Joseph Leavey, Ladder 15 Neil Leavy, Engine 217 Daniel Libretti, Rescue 2 Carlos Lillo, Ladder 20 Robert Linnane, Paramedic Michael Lynch, Engine 40 Michael Lynch, Ladder 4 Michael Lyons, Squad 41 Patrick Lyons, Squad 252 M Joseph Maffeo, Ladder 101 William Mahoney, Rescue 4 Joseph Maloney, Ladder 3 Battalion Chief Joseph Marchbanks Jr, Battalion 12 Lieutenant Charles Margiotta, Battalion 22 Kenneth Marino, Rescue 1 John Marshall, Engine 23 Lieutenant Peter Martin, Rescue 2 Lieutenant Paul Martini, Engine 23 Joseph Mascali, T.S.U. 2 Keithroy Maynard, Engine 33 Brian McAleese, Engine 226 John McAvoy, Ladder 3 Thomas McCann, Battalion 8 Lieutenant William McGinn, Squad 18 Battalion Chief William McGovern, Battalion 2 Dennis McHugh, Ladder 13 Robert McMahon, Ladder 20 Robert McPadden, Engine 23 Terence McShane, Ladder 101 Timothy McSweeney, Ladder 3 Martin McWilliams, Engine 22 Raymond Meisenheimer, Rescue 3 Charles Mendez, Ladder 7 Steve Mercado, Engine 40 Douglas Miller, Rescue 5 Henry Miller Jr, Ladder 105 Robert Minara, Ladder 25 Thomas Mingione, Ladder 132 Lieutenant Paul Mitchell, Battalion 1 Captain Louis Modafferi, Rescue 5 Lieutenant Dennis Mojica, Rescue 1 Manuel Mojica, Squad 18 Carl Molinaro, Ladder 2 Michael Montesi, Rescue 1 Captain Thomas Moody, Division 1 Battalion Chief John Moran, Battalion 49 Vincent Morello, Ladder 35 Christopher Mozzillo, Engine 55 Richard Muldowney Jr, Ladder 7 Michael Mullan, Ladder 12 Dennis Mulligan, Ladder 2 Lieutenant Raymond Murphy, Ladder 16 N Lieutenant Robert Nagel, Engine 58 John Napolitano, Rescue 2 Peter Nelson, Rescue 4 Gerard Nevins, Rescue 1 O Dennis O'Berg, Ladder 105 Lieutenant Daniel O'Callaghan, Ladder 4 Douglas Oelschlager, Ladder 15 Joseph Ogren, Ladder 3 Lieutenant Thomas O'Hagan, Battalion 4 Samuel Oitice, Ladder 4 Patrick O'Keefe, Rescue 1 Capt.William O'Keefe, Division 15 Eric Olsen, Ladder 15 Jeffery Olsen, Engine 10 Steven Olson, Ladder 3 Kevin O'Rourke, Rescue 2 Michael Otten, Ladder 35 P Jeffery Palazzo, Rescue 5 Battalion Chief Orio Palmer, Battalion 7 Frank Palombo, Ladder 105 Paul Pansini, Engine 10 Battalion Chief John Paolillo, Battalion 11 James Pappageorge, Engine 23 Robert Parro, Engine 8 Durrell Pearsall, Rescue 4 Lieutenant Glenn Perry, Battalion.12 Lieutenant Philip Petti, Battalion 7 Lieutenant Kevin Pfeifer, Engine 33 Lieutenant Kenneth Phelan, Battalion 32 Christopher Pickford, Engine 201 Shawn Powell, Engine 207 Vincent Princiotta, Ladder 7 Kevin Prior, Squad 252 Battalion Chief Richard Prunty, Battalion 2 Q Lincoln Quappe, Rescue 2 Lieutenant Michael Quilty, Ladder 11 Ricardo Quinn, Paramedic R Leonard Ragaglia, Engine 54 Michael Ragusa, Engine 279 Edward Rall, Rescue 2 Adam Rand, Squad 288 Donald Regan, Rescue 3 Lieutenant Robert Regan, Ladder 118 Christian Regenhard, Ladder 131 Kevin Reilly, Engine 207 Lieutenant Vernon Richard, Ladder 7 James Riches, Engine 4 Joseph Rivelli, Ladder 25 Michael Roberts, Engine 214 Anthony Rodriguez, Engine 279 Matthew Rogan, Ladder 11 Nicholas Rossomando, Rescue 5 Paul Ruback, Ladder 25 Stephen Russell, Engine 55 Lieutenant Michael Russo, S.O.C. Battalion Chief Matthew Ryan, Battalion 1 S Thomas Sabella, Ladder 13 Christopher Santora, Engine 54 John Santore, Ladder 5 Gregory Saucedo, Ladder 5 Dennis Scauso, H.M. 1 John Schardt, Engine 201 Battalion Chief Fred Scheffold, Battalion 12 Thomas Schoales, Engine 4 Gerard Schrang, Rescue 3 Gregory Sikorsky, Squad 41 Stephen Siller, Squad 1 Stanley Smagala Jr, Engine 226 Kevin Smith, H.M. 1 Leon Smith Jr, Ladder 118 Robert Spear Jr, Engine 26 Joseph Spor, Rescue 3 Battalion Chief Lawrence Stack, Battalion 50 Captain Timothy Stackpole, Division 11 Gregory Stajk, Ladder 13 Jeffery Stark, Engine 230 Benjamin Suarez, Ladder 21 Daniel Suhr, Engine 216 Lieutenant Christopher Sullivan, Ladder 111 Brian Sweeney, Rescue 1 T Sean Tallon, Ladder 10 Allan Tarasiewicz, Rescue 5 Paul Tegtmeier, Engine 4 John Tierney, Ladder 9 John Tipping II, Ladder 4 Hector Tirado Jr, Engine 23 V Richard Vanhine, Squad 41 Peter Vega, Ladder 118 Lawrence Veling, Engine 235 John Vigiano II, Ladder 132 Sergio Villanueva, Ladder 132 Lawrence Virgilio, Squad 18 W Lieutenant Robert Wallace, Engine 205 Jeffery Walz, Ladder 9 Lieutenant Michael Warchola, Ladder 5 Captain Patrick Waters, S.O.C. Kenneth Watson, Engine 214 Michael Weinberg, Engine 1 David Weiss, Rescue 1 Timothy Welty, Squad 288 Eugene Whelan, Engine 230 Edward White, Engine 230 Mark Whitford, Engine 23 Lieutenant Glenn Wilkinson, Engine 238 Battalion Chief John Williamson, Battalion 6 Captain David Wooley, Ladder 4 Y Raymond York, Engine 285 :: June 13,2006 Providence Assistant Chief Day :: In Memory Of Providence Assistant Chief Day, Who Suffered A Heart Attack At Headquarters Shortly After Returning From A Structure Fire On June 13, 2006 :: June 19,2007 9 Firefighter's Perish In Sofa Store Fire :: On June 19, 2007 Charleston South Carolina Firefighters responded to 1807 Savannah Highway for a fire at the Super Sofa store, On Arrival an outside between the showroom and warehouse buildings extended into the building. Firefighters rescued an trapped worker from the workshop in the warehouse, 5 minutes later a large fireball trapped firefighters inside the building. 9 Charleston Firefighters perished in the worst fire since September 11, 2001 in terms of Firefighter deaths. Captain William Hutchinson, 48, 30 years of service Captain Mike Benke, 49, 29 years of service Captain Louis Mulkey, 34, 11 years of service Engineer Mark Kelsey, 40, 12 years of service Engineer Bradford Baity, 37, 9 years of service Asst. Engineer Michael French, 27, 1 year of service Firefighter James Drayton, 56, 32 years of service Firefighter Brandon Thompson, 27, 4 years of service Firefighter Melvin Champaign, 46, 2 years of service :: In Memory of Boston's Bravest :: Around 22:00 on Wednesday, August 29,2007 Boston fire alarm transmitted Box 281 Centre and Manthorne Rd.for a building fire at 1727 Centre Street, District 10 West Roxbury. Members from Engine 30 Ladder 25 responded from quarters at 1940 Centre St, On arrival heavy smoke and fire was showing from the roof of Tai Resturaunt, located in a 1 story row of taxpayers and A second alarm was transmitted. As crews began to advance lines into the building a flashover occured trapping members inside and A third alarm was transmitted. Fire alarm notified command that a man down alarm had been activated with no response from Ladder 25 Open Up, and command struck A fourth Alarm as heavy fire vented thru the roof. All Firefighters were removed and triaged by Boston EMS on Belgrade Ave as Multiple Ladder Pipes and Deck Guns worked to knock the fire down. At 02:04 Engine 16 was Special called as a detail company, At day break two large cranes staged on Centre st and Prepared to lift two 2 ton AC Units off the roof. 11 Firefighters and 1 member from EMS were injured and the Boston Fire Department lost 2 of there own, Firefighter Paul Cahill Engine 30 and Firefighter Warren Payne Ladder 25. The pair are the second and third firefighters killed in the line of duty in Boston this year. On Monday May 28, 2007 Firefighter David Middleton, Engine 51 died from a heart attack while on duty. :: Fallen Tiverton Lieutenant Gerald Leduc :: Sunday Night August 3rd, 2008 Firefighter Gerry Leduc set out to help a man fallen from a boat in Stafford Pond, He suffered a apparent heart attack while on the pond engaged in the search for the missing man He Was transported to a area hospital where he died. On Friday Posthumously Promoted Lieutenant Gerald Leduc was laid to rest. Hundreds of firefighters from across the country converged on the small town of Tiverton and stood at attention for the fallen firefighter as his flag draped coffin was lead from St. Theresa Catholic Church and placed onto a fire truck for the three mile trip to the Notre Dame cemetery located at 1540 Stafford Road In Fall River Massachusetts. Mutual aid from the area covered Tiverton firehouses to allow all members to attend the funeral. Gerald Leduc was appointed to the department on May 9, 1984, He is the first Tiverton Firefighter to die in the line of duty, The Man Lieutenant Leduc set out to rescue that night was found on Tuesday deceased in the waters of Stafford Pond.

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