41st Annual National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend
October 8 – 9, 2022
Every October, the Foundation sponsors the official national tribute to all firefighters who died in the line of duty during the previous year. Thousands attend the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
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Memorial Monday
Chicago World’s Fair: Cold Storage Fire
One of the deadliest fires in Chicago’s history erupted in the Cold Storage Building at the World’s Fair on July 10, 1893. The estimated 50,000 bystanders’ cheers for firefighters would soon fall silent as they watched the conflagration spread to the nearby buildings and kill thirteen firefighters and four civilians.
NFFF Spreads the Word About 988: The New Suicide Prevention Dialing Code
Keeping firefighters safe is part of NFFF’s core mission. That’s why we urge all members of the fire service to be familiar with 988: our nation’s new three-digit dialing code to the Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
Because of You Segment Highlights New Scholarship Program
Watch Fox 5’s Because of You segment with Gwen Tolbart as she sits down with the Hedrick family and others, to tell the story of their son, Kenny. The Kenneth M. Hedrick Memorial Scholarship Fund is the second fund designed to provide scholarships that meets the full four-year cost of college tuition and books.
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Prince William County Residential Fire (VA)
This discussion features Battalion Chief Jason Reese of the Prince William County Fire & Rescue System. Chief Reese will discuss his experience as the company officer during a residential structure fire that resulted in the line-of-duty death of Technician I Kyle Wilson on April 16, 2007, and the aftermath.
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