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Niagara Falls Fire Department honours those who lost their lives on duty

Ceremony will take place Sunday, Sept. 29.
Niagara-on-the-Lake Local Staff
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NEWS RELEASE
CITY OF NIAGARA FALLS
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The Niagara Falls Fire Department (NFFD) will hold a Line of Duty Death Ceremony on Sunday, Sept. 29, at 10 a.m. at Fire Station 1, 5815 Morrison Street. Retired Assistant Chief Barney Ruddell will be added to the Line of Duty Death Memorial at this ceremony.

The memorial was built to provide a permanent place to honour and remember firefighters who lost their lives in the line of duty or from a work-related illness. The Line of Duty Death Ceremony is an opportunity to pay respect to their fallen firefighters.

The first Line of Duty Death dedication ceremony was held on Dec. 15, 2004, and the unveiling of the new memorial took place on Sept. 11, 2018. Since the first ceremony, 15 Niagara Falls firefighters have been memorialized. Although a Line of Duty Death could mean that a firefighter lost their life while on duty, all 15 fallen firefighters have passed from work-related cancer.

Family members of those firefighters listed on the Line of Duty Death Memorial, NFFD personnel, retirees, members of Niagara Falls city council, senior staff, dignitaries, as well as the public, are invited to attend.

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