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NFFF Earns Top Ratings for Transparency and Accountability
June 11, 2025
CRACKYL Summer 2025 Edition
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NFFF Featured on the Cover of CRACKYL Magazine
June 9, 2025
Memorial Monday
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Memorial Monday — Salt Lake City’s Victory Theater Fire
May 26, 2025
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May 20, 2025
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Every Brick Tells a Story: Elizabeth Seton’s Legacy

At the base of the stairs of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Chapel sits a Walk of Honor® plaque with an etching of a building ...
August 28, 2024
Keith and Mary Jane Purcell
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A Life and Legacy: Keith and Mary Jane Purcell

Mary Jane made it a life’s goal to quietly embrace others who had suffered a loss similar to hers. The Foundation is forever grateful for ...
August 26, 2024
Memorial Monday
Memorial Monday

Memorial Monday — Six FDNY Firefighters Die at the Waldbaum’s Supermarket Fire

On August 2, 1978, 6 FDNY firefighters died in a roof collapse as they were fighting a fire at the Waldbaum's Supermarket in Brooklyn.
August 26, 2024
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Jesse Love and the No. 2 Whelen Chevrolet to Carry Names of 226 Fallen Firefighters at Daytona

As the NASCAR Xfinity Series heads to Daytona International Speedway for the second and final time of the 2024 season, Jesse Love will race for ...
August 23, 2024
Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. 
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In Memoriam: Honorable Bill Pascrell Jr.

The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation’s Board of Directors and staff extended our sincerest condolences to the family, friends, colleagues, and staff of Congressman Bill Pascrell, ...
August 21, 2024
Family Programs

Embracing a New Role: A Commitment to Our Fire Hero Families

While I am new to the position, I am not new to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF). Being in the fire service for 38 ...
August 19, 2024
Memorial Monday
Memorial Monday

Memorial Monday — Remembering 15 Firefighters Who Died While Fighting the Rattlesnake Fire

On July 9, 1953 fourteen New Tribes Mission firefighters and one U.S. Forest Service firefighter were killed while fighting the Rattlesnake Fire in the Mendocino ...
July 29, 2024
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Whelen Engineering Launches the Search for a New Everyday Champion

The Whelen Everyday Champion program celebrates acts of bravery, exceptional valor, and community service.
July 26, 2024

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