update: check out the 2012 info

Don’t forget about Saturday’s fallen firefighter ceremony in downtown Raleigh. The Sixth Annual North Carolina Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service is preceeded by a procession of fire apparatus at 10:00 p.m. The annual parade starts on Hillsborough Street and concludes at the North Carolina Fallen Firefighters Memorial at Nash Square.

The memorial service starts at 1:00 p.m. The names of two fallen firefighters will be added: Chad Eric Greene, 34, died on November 4, 2009, after responding to a motor vehicle crash. He was the Deputy Chief of Union Cross Fire Department in Forsyth County. Richard Adam Miller, 24, died on December 29, 2009, while participating in physical fitness training at Beltmont Fire Department Headquarters in Gaston County.

Over 225 members of the state’s fire service have died in the line of duty since the first recorded death of Washington volunteer firefighter Edward Peed in 1902.

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Lee Wilson/FireNews photo, legeros.com

To honor firefighter Jeremy Bolick and firefighter Charles “Tommy” Wright, a community memorial service will be held at Boone United Methodist church on Friday March 26, 2010 from 15:00 to 17:00 hours. Services are open to the community as well as fire and emergency services personnel. Members of the fire/rescue and law enforcement community are requested to arrive one hour prior to the service. No RSVP is required. Boone United Methodist Church is located at 471 New Market Boulevard, Boone, NC 28607. New Photos: The memorial procession passed by the Blowing Rock Fire Rescue station on the way to funeral homes in Boone. Photos courtesy BRFR. BLOWING ROCK – It is with deep sadness that Blowing Rock Fire and Rescue announces the tragic loss of two members who died in a two vehicle traffic collision Sunday afternoon, March 21st, on Highway 221 in McDowell County. The above memorial has been established at the Blowing Rock fire station. source: firenews.net For more info http://firenews.net/index.php/

Captain David Miller Chinquapin Fire & EMS Inc. has designed and entered a NASCAR paint scheme to honor all NC Fallen Firefighters. Please go to the link below to vote for this paint scheme to be used at the 2010 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race. You may vote once every day until the voting closes. You can also find more information on our NCFFF Facebook page. Please vote, vote, vote, so we can honor NC Fallen Heroes.

Also, I would ask that all our partnering agencies and supporters to please send this information out via your email contact lists. We really need everyone support with this.

Thanks and God Bless.

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Each year the American Fire Service consistently experiences an average of over 100 line of duty deaths.  Furthermore, we know that the number of “working fires” is down approximately 66% in comparison to the number reported in the mid 1970’s.  So what is this score card saying?  I would suggest this can be attributed to nothing more than attitudes.  We need to change our attitudes.  “There is no where in the corporate world that one could come in and give an annual report that stated we had a good year, we only lost 100 employees that you would not be escorted out the door before you could get your personal items in a box.”  Ron Siarnicki of the National Fallen Fire Fighters Foundation (NFFF) made this statement during a NFFF presentation.  Guess what…HE IS CORRECT!   Read More→

The North Carolina Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NCFFF) and the Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) have partnered as members of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Local Assistance State Team (NFFF – L.A.S.T.). This is a national program that has been developed in partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice. The program’s primary objective is to provide assistance and comfort to the families and fire departments of our fallen heroes and to help with the filing for Public Safety Officer Benefits from federal, state, and local benefit programs.  OSFM provides direct technical support to the surviving family and fire department that has suffered a line of duty death to submit the necessary documentation for state and federal benefits. Likewise, NCFFF is prepared to support surviving family and fire department members with resources and assistance to provide for such things as memorial service planning, grief counseling, survivor support network, and recognition at the annual NFFF and NCFFF memorial services. Read More→

Submitted by: FireNews.net Staff
Gaston County

BELMONT – A 24 year-old career Belmont firefighter collapsed and died while on duty Tuesday, December 29th, 2009.

Firefighter Richard Adam Miller was participating in physical fitness training at Fire Department Headquarters, Gaston County Fire Station 43. Read More→