Every year, firefighters across the country give their lives in the line of duty - the same call we answer here in Karnes City. We honor their sacrifice.
Since 1981, the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial has stood on the National Fire Academy campus in Emmitsburg, Maryland - a stone monument bearing a sculpted Maltese Cross and an eternal flame, surrounded by a Wall of Honor listing the names of those lost in the line of duty. Congress officially designated it the national memorial to fallen firefighters in 1990.
KCVFD doesn't keep a list of the nationwide fallen ourselves - that record is researched, verified, and maintained by the organizations below. Visit them to search a name, learn a story, or find ways to support the families left behind.
- National Fallen Firefighters Memorial The memorial itself - a stone monument, eternal flame, and Wall of Honor on the National Fire Academy campus in Emmitsburg, Maryland, honored each year at the National Memorial Service.
- National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Roll of Honor - a searchable memorial database of firefighters who died in the line of duty since 1981, and support for their families.
- IAFF Line-of-Duty Death Database The International Association of Fire Fighters' searchable record of its members lost in the line of duty.
- U.S. Fire Administration - Firefighter Fatalities Federal data and statistics on firefighter line-of-duty deaths nationwide.