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The Bucks County Chiefs and
Firefighters Association, with the County of Bucks,
held a memorial service at the public safety
memorial at the Bucks County Courthouse to remember
Bucks County firefighters and fire police officers
who made the ultimate sacrifice. The
ceremony, attended by firefighters from all over
Bucks County and the families of the fallen, is held
each October in conjunction with the National Fallen
Firefighters Memorial ceremony in Emmitsburg, MD,
where firefighters who perished in the line of duty
are remembered each year. Bucks County Commissioner
James Cawley, along with Pa. State Fire Commissioner
Ed Mann, were among the dignitaries who
addressed the assembled audience. A new name was
added to the memorial, Fredrick W. Mayberry, a
Silverdale firefighter who died on the very date,
Oct. 5, 1983, of a heart attack while training at
the fire school in Doylestown. The names of all
Pennsylvania firefighters who died in 2007, and all
of the Bucks County firefighters and fire
police officers were read, and a bell sounded for
each. The ceremony closed with everyone in
attendance laying a flower at the memorial. Photos
by Larry Browne.
Ladder 79
and Tower 26 form a flag arch over Main Street.
The Honor
Guard from Doylestown leads the ceremony.
Bucks County
Fire Marshal Nick Rafferty rings a bell for each
fallen Bucks County firefighter as Bob Heddon reads
the names of the fallen.
Firefighters
from across the county stand at attention during the
ceremony.
Bob Heddon,
State Fire Commissioner Ed Mann, Bucks County
Commissioner Jim Cawley, Bucks County Chiefs and
Firefighters Association President Thomas Markey,
and Nick Rafferty.
State Fire
Commissioner Ed Mann makes his remarks.
County
Commissioner Jim Cawley addresses the ceremony.
Ed Mann
places a carnation on the memorial.
Jim Cawley
places a carnation on the memorial.
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