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2017 National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend Media Kit

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Live Streaming of the National Fallen Firefighters Candlelight and Memorial

The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation will broadcast both the Candlelight Service and the National Memorial Service via satellite and stream the services live on the web.

(Broadcast quality video will be available for download
after the services. Please check this page for updates.)

Editors and Broadcasters:

If you are planning on covering the Memorial service, in person, streaming on your website, or broadcasting the satellite feed, please contact Donna Clark.

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State Releases & Firefighter Profiles

Alabama

Firefighters Being Honored:
Johnny Busbee | Charlie Tucker

Arkansas

Firefighters Being Honored:
Jason Adams | Lancy Allen Crawford Sr.

California

Firefighters Being Honored:
Shawna L. Jones | Ryan S. Osler
Robert Oliver Reagan III

Connecticut

Firefighters Being Honored:
James Joseph Butler

Delaware

Firefighters Being Honored:
Jerry W. Fickes Jr. | Ardythe Denise “Ardy” Hope
Christopher M. Leach | Timothy J. McClanahan

Florida

Firefighters Being Honored:
Joseph T. De Marinis

Georgia

Firefighters Being Honored:
Michael William Curry | Jermaine M. Hall

Hawaii

Firefighters Being Honored:
Clifford Meredith Rigsbee

Illinois

Firefighters Being Honored:
Kenneth K. Harris | Eric T. Kohlbauer

Indiana

Firefighters Being Honored:
Michael A. Payne

Kentucky

Firefighters Being Honored:
Ted Rodney Collett | Anthony Lynn “Tony” Grider

Louisiana

Firefighters Being Honored:
Spencer J. Chauvin

Maine

Firefighters Being Honored:
Peter Allen Larlee

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    • Maryland

    Firefighters Being Honored:
    John “Skillet” Ulmschneider

    Michigan

    Firefighters Being Honored:
    Charles C. Adams Jr. | Fred A. Newton Sr.
    Dennis E. Rodeman
    James Frederick “Jimmy” Shelifoe Jr. | Alan J. Swartz
    Thomas G. Walker

    Mississippi

    Firefighters Being Honored:
    Eric Charles Gustafson

    Missouri

    Firefighters Being Honored:
    Edward A. Cosgrove Jr. | Todd L. Hartlein

    Montana

    Firefighters Being Honored:
    Todd Allen Rummel

    Nebraska

    Firefighters Being Honored:
    Lowell E. Satterwhite Sr. | Eric Speck

    Nevada

    Firefighters Being Honored:
    Will Paulsen Hawkins | Jacob M. O’Malley

    New Hampshire

    Firefighters Being Honored:
    Douglas A. Clement | Charles A. “Charlie” Waterbury

    New Jersey

    Firefighters Being Honored:
    Joseph J. Bichler | Stephen Anthony Chervenyak Jr.
    Louis Kelly | Daniel Patrick McCann III
    Paul F. Price Sr. | Scott R. Rogow | Richard Zadorozny

    New York

    Firefighters Being Honored:
    Robert G. Alford | Arthur E. Brault
    Joseph P. DiBernardo | Michael J. Fahy
    Frank D. Fontaino Jr. | Bruce M. Foss
    William J. Guido | Dennis J. Heedles Sr.
    Cornell L. Horne | Charles L. Jones III
    Thomas J. Kelly | Keith Lane | John F. McNamara
    Merle L. Nell | Raymond Ragucci
    Theodore A. Stafford Jr. | Patrick J. Sullivan
    Vincent R. Ungaro | Robert J. Ventriglia

    North Carolina

    Firefighters Being Honored:
    David Kevin Britt | John M. Davis Jr.
    Bradley Steven Long | Richard Michael Sheltra
    Prentice Jay Tyndall | James Ronald Varnell
    Joshua Lee Warren | Joshua M. Woods
    Tommy Wright

    Ohio

    Firefighters Being Honored:
    John R. Fritz | Adam Le Long | Reuben Mast
    Kenny Ray Jr.

    Pennsylvania

    Firefighters Being Honored:
    Michael P. Morgan | Earl J. Shoemaker

    Rhode Island

    Firefighters Being Honored:
    Edward W. Vanner Jr.

    South Carolina

    Firefighters Being Honored:
    Christopher Gene Ray | Jeff A. Worsham

    Tennessee

    Firefighters Being Honored:
    Rodney K. Eddins

    Texas

    Firefighters Being Honored:
    Marco A. Davila | John Kendall Reynolds Sr.
    Coby L. Slaughter | Steven R. Whitfield II

    Vermont

    Firefighters Being Honored:
    Justin R. Beebe | Steven L. Lapierre

    Washington

    Firefighters Being Honored:
    Charles Douglas Archer

    Wisconsin

    Firefighters Being Honored:
    John C. Brocker | Mitchell R. Koski

    Wyoming

    Firefighters Being Honored:
    Clarence “Speed” Hartbank

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