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Information regarding the New York State
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Having been a volunteer fireman in New York State for 35 years. I know that every firefighter, whether career or volunteer, becomes a hero the moment he wakes up in the middle of the night to answer his neighbors' call for help. However, those firefighters, men & women who made the ultimate sacrifice, who gave their lives to save the life or property of another, deserve our very special recognition. This website is my gift to them, to their families, and to their fire companies. May they never be forgotten.
This memorial is a work in progress. Inscribed here are the names, departments, and counties of New York firefighters who have died in the line of duty. The memorial begins in the current year, and each name is listed aphabetically for that year. As time permits, the list will be extended to earlier years.
The 2300 names engraved on the Fallen Firefighters' Memorial Wall at Albany, NY, represents the complete, offical list of names. If you are a family member or descendent of one of these persons, you may request that his name be added to my memorial list. Please make your request in writing to me at the address below.
This flag, recovered from the rubble of the World Trade Center,
is now on permanent display at the New York State Museum,
at Albany, New York. (Photo, R.Fickies)
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Links to World Trade Center 9/11 InformationThe Heroes of 9/11 Remembered, my own, personal tribute. FDNY personnel who died at WTC. FDNY Firefighters Oral Histories of 9/11. AUDIO FILE: FDNY 9/11 Radio Dispatches ( found at this link) NY Times Listing: All Firefighters, World Trade Center Missing and Killed
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Highly Recommended Reading
 Brotherhood |
 Father Mychal Judge: |
 Report from Ground Zero |
 Last Man Down: An FDNY Chief and the Collapse of the World Trade Center |
If you know of a New York firefighter who died in the line of duty, and his name is not on the official list, please send his name, along with a newspaper article, obituary, or letter from a department officer, stating that this was a line of duty death, and I will add the name to my memorial list.
Send this information to;
PO Box116 Averill Park, NY 12018 |
I also welcome your personal comments or any suggestions on ways to improve the memorial. You may Email me directly by clicking on my Email address below, or leave your comments (private or public) in our Guestbook.
Please Read & Sign our Guestbook |
My own online, firefighter's shop
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Memorial Poetry
"The Names" by Poet Lauriate Billy Collins
"May They Not be Forgotten" by James McNulty
"In Memory of Louie Valentino" by James McNulty
We Will Remember You, (the best part of us all),
a musical tribute by Robyn Adams and Arno Kimsey
"God Will Prevail", the Victim's Anthem. A musical tribute by Susan Wiseman
Tim Murphy's Firefighters' Creed
Other sites you may also like to visit:
National Fallen Firefighters' Memorial
New York State Fallen Firefighters Monument at Albany
National Fallen Firefighters' Foundation
Fallen Firefighter.com
Planning and Preparation Guides for Fire Departments
FDNY Chief Officers Killed in the Line of Duty
The 23rd Street Fire, October 17th, 1966, FDNY
FDNY LODD Database, 1865-1915
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This memorial was proudly created and is owned and maintained by Bob Fickies, 
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Copyright © 1996,2007
These pages have no connection to the official New York State Fallen Firefighters Memorial at Albany, NY.