WE SHALL NEVER FORGET!
Today is the 9 year anniversary of the
horror of America under attack on her own soil. That
attack left our profession forever scarred in a way that we truly cannot ever
forget. We exclaimed "We Shall
Never Forget" with reverence and respect to our brothers and sisters who
died on 9.11, nine years ago today.
Today is more than remembrance of only 9.11 victims, but
rather a day to remember and reflect on all firefighter line of duty deaths
that have affected our profession.
Today in Colorado Springs at the IAFF National Fallen Fire Fighter
Memorial hundreds of firefighters and family members gather to place 136 more
firefighter's names on the memorial wall. 52
of these firefighters gave their lives last calendar year and 84 firefighters
who will be recognized from previous years.
Los Angeles County Fire Fighters, IAFF Local # 1014 will
honor and place 7 of our own on the memorial wall this beautiful morning. Together with the family of our fallen,
we will take time to proudly remember the service of these brave men and women.
Captain Ted Hall,
August 30, 2009
A man of humility and strength, a family man and a great
Captain and mentor to many, a man with a generous spirit who loved fun and
the outdoors and loved his wife Kathy and his sons Randall and Steven served
for over 27 years and gave his life on the Station Fire will be remembered.
Engineer
Arnaldo "Arnie" "Q" Quinones, August 30, 2009
A remarkable man devoted to his
family and father who would never see his daughter, a man who grew from a boy
to a true leader as a camp foreman.
Arnie had a contagious smile and passion for our job and lived by the
motto "First In, Last Out" will be remembered. He leaves behind his wife
Loressa and his baby girl Sophia
William
"Dallas" Jones, May 10, 2008
Known to all by "Dallas" and whose friends were
always know as "Rascal" to him, Dallas began his service with the
Whittier Fire Department, came to LA County and never looked back. Served at
Station 17 and worked as a Firefighter as well as Union President and Executive
Board member for 16 years, served at the CPF as a VP and Secretary Treasurer,
OES Director and who died of occupational cancer 7 years into retirement. The Dallas Jones Cancer Presumption Bill sits on the
Governor's desk as we speak and if signed will extend our presumption from
5 years into retirement to 10 years into retirement. Dallas will be remembered. Dallas leaves behind his wife
Lilly, Daughter Annadallas, sons Mike and Bryan.
Philip Arreguin Jr.,
July 1, 2009
Philip was a little boy that never grew up, rising through
the ranks from firefighter, paramedic, fire prevention, and fire captain. Phil was an artist and a great cook and
brought passion to the job every day he served. Phil will be remembered. Phil leaves behind his wife Amelia
and son Travis and daughter Brooklyn.
Edward J Savko, March
7, 1995
Ed loved his family very much and is survived by his wife
Susie and two sons Ryan and Cory. Ed
was very dedicated to the department and to his family. Around the station Ed was well respected and enjoyed every
shift working with his brothers and sisters in the firehouses. Ed served as a Paramedic, Firefighter,
and Engineer ending up at 107's. Ed
will be remembered.
Carrie Henger-Neff,
March 5, 2010
Carrie began her career with the LA County Fire Department
in 1991 and worked her way to the rank of Fire Captain. She was also a handler of canines and
handled Spanner, the first USAR Canine to serve with our department. She responded to Katrina/Rita and specialized
in many USAR related skills. She
leaves behind her retired firefighter husband Robert and two grown children.
William Richard Carr,
Jr., September 1, 2009
Engineer "Richard" Carr served for more than a
decade with our department after hiring on in 1996 at the age of 36. He was a hands on guy, a former auto
mechanic with most of his career at 57B.
A dedicated firefighter who was taken from us too early and leaves
behind two daughters Krista and Klarissa and his mother Louami. Richard will be remembered.
Over 192 Bag and Pipers along with Honor Guard Members from
throughout the Country to make up over 700 including our own Honor Guard and
Pipe and Drummers will join the family and firefighters in Memorial Park in
Colorado Springs to pay tribute. I
encourage members to log on to our website and link to the IAFF website to see
additional information and photo's of the National Fire Fighter Memorial. We will bring back photos and coverage
of the event.
Special thanks to the entire Union Executive Board for
making this event come together for the families of our fallen, thanks to the
Fire Chief for his support and to the Honor Guard Members and Pipes and
Drummers and Chaplains who help make this event so special.
In closing, we remind every firefighter from Local 1014, the
Los Angeles County Fire Fighters, to take time to "Remember" all firefighters
who gave their lives in the line of duty, and go beyond that to remember all
of our brothers and sisters who have passed including those who did not die
in the line of duty, but died suddenly and unexpectedly and were taken from
their families, like John Talley and Dean Stewart.
We have services for Dean Stewart on Monday (Flag Ceremony)
and Tuesday (Funeral) and I hope we see a large gathering of Uniformed
Personnel come to pay their respects to the Stewart Family. It is what we do; it is the family we
are part of. We have attached the
Funeral and Flag Services information.
We have cancelled the General Membership
Meeting so that all can attend Dean's Services. Hope to see you
all there.
"WE SHALL NEVER FORGET" .....rather "WE SHALL REMEMBER"....today
the anniversary of 9.11.
Fraternally,
President Dave Gillotte and the Local 1014 Executive Board
John Smolin, Dave Lopez, John Bishop, Dave Morse, Paul
Rusin, Will Pryor, Lew Currier, Andy Doyle, and Pat Dolan
