Chicago Firefighters Monument

Sad day for our Canadian Brothers and Sisters:

On Sunday, red paint was sprayed onto the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) memorial – which honours Moncton, Canada firefighters who died in service – and the Moncton Police Force memorial honouring police officers who died in the line of duty.

The memorial has been cleaned and police are investigating.

Never Forgotten-Rest in Peace

Chicago Fire Department Chaplain To Retire After 30 Years On The Job "Sadly, I've had to ring too many doorbells in the middle of the night," the Rev. Thomas Mulcrone said Tuesday.

Chicago Fire Department Marks Anniversary Of 1910 Stock Yards Fire For more than 90 years, the infamous Chicago Union Stock Yards fire stood as the deadliest blaze for big city firefighters in American history. On the 106th anniversary of the inferno, the Chicago Fire Department honored the 21 firefighters who died battling the intense flames.

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The Forgotten Chicago Tragedy That Killed 21 Firefighters The horrific Union Stockyards fire happened on Dec. 22, 1910.

Remembering

Preparations

On December 22, 2010 the 100th anniversary of a fire in the old Union Stockyards that killed 21 firefighters a memorial service was being held at the Chicago Firefighters Monument when word arrived that two firefighters died in the line of duty.

FF/PM Corey Ankum and FF Edward Stringer were killed. Their fellow firefighters dug them out. Seventeen others were injured.

That evening, CFD Lt. Timothy McCarthy began to create an amazing piece that captured the emotion both at the scene of fire and the monument. We think it is work sharing. Never Forgotten.

(Image courtesy of Lt. McCarthy and is available at http://www.mccarthyfinearts.com/collections/fire-police-pictures/products/fireman-s-remembrance-a-brotherhood )

On December 22, 2010 the 100th anniversary of a fire in the old Union Stockyards that killed 21 firefighters a memorial service was being held at the Chicago Firefighters Monument when word arrived that two firefighters died in the line of duty.

FF/PM Corey Ankum and FF Edward Stringer were killed. Their fellow firefighters dug them out. Seventeen others were injured.

That evening, CFD Lt. Timothy McCarthy began to create an amazing piece that captured the emotion both at the scene of fire and the monument. We think it is work sharing. Never Forgotten.

(Image courtesy of Lt. McCarthy and is available at http://www.mccarthyfinearts.com/collections/fire-police-pictures/products/fireman-s-remembrance-a-brotherhood )