Fire Chaplains Memorial

Remembering Those Who Have Gone Before Us

Chaplain Bert Anderson                       Providence Fire Department, Rhode Island

Chaplain Andre Anthonisson Windeok Fire Department, Windoek, Namibia Africa

Chaplain O.A. Alderson                       Miami Fire Department, Florida

Chaplain H. Jay Atwood                   Aledo Fire Department/Parker County ESD #1, Texas

Chaplain Joe Balent                    Minneapolis Fire Department, Minnesota, Charter Member

Charles E. Barnhart, Jr.       Taneytown Volunteer Fire Department, Maryland State Firefighter Assoc. Maryland

Chaplain Joseph W. Bayne       Erie County Emergency Services

Chaplain Ben Benthien                 East Pierce County Fire Department, Washington

Chaplain Larry Biemllier                    Jarretsville Fire Department, Maryland

Chaplain Dan Bitsko                   Smithtown Fire Department, New York

Chaplain Nick Brett                             Dundee Fire Department, Oklahoma

Chaplain Donald Castle                       Lombard Fire Department, Illinois

Gilbert Chard                   Warriors Path Fire Department, Tennessee

Chaplain Roger Charles                       Harveysburg Fire Department, Ohio

Chaplain David Coblentz                     Middletown Fire Department, Maryland          

Chaplain Gerald Cohen                        Michigan City Fire Department, Indiana

Chaplain Israel (Sonny) Cohen            Wassaic, NY Fire Department

Chaplain Jim Cole                                Harlem-Roscoe Fire District, Illinois

Chaplain Terry Collins Hampstead Fire Department, North Carolina, Past President

Chaplain Phillip Compton Ada Ohio Fire Department

Chaplain Joseph J. D' Angelo             Garden City Fire Department

Chaplain Piece Damewood                 Maryland State Fireman’s Association

Chaplain Jim Dawson                   Bloomington Township Fire Department, Indiana

Chaplain John Delindick (LODD) 11/23/2023 FDNY

Chaplain Harvey Dixon Salisbury Fire Department, Maryland, Charter Member

Chaplain Jack Ehlenfeld                     North Park Fire Department, Illinois

Chaplain Thomas Engbers Miami/Miami Dade, FL, Past President

Chaplain Winfield Engler                     Palmyra Fire Department, Pennsylvania

Chaplain Dan Ennis                              Shively Fire Department, Kentucky

Chaplain Ken Erickson                        Providence Fire Department, Rhode Island

Chaplain Bob Folbrecht  Los Angeles County Fire Department

Chaplain John Folster                          Fall River Fire Department, Massachusetts

Chaplain Michael Forbes                     East River  Fire Department, West Virginia

Chaplain Lee Gapzke                           Sauk Village, IL Fire Department

Chaplain Kent Garrett                           Woodstock Fire Department, Ontario, Canada

Chaplain James Paul Gentry                 Sisters Fire Department, Oregon

Chaplain Donald Gibson   Anne Arundle County Fire Department, Maryland

Chaplain Gerard Gfroerer                     Uniondale Fire Department, Pennsylvania

Chaplain Rick Giardine                      Olathe Fire Department, Kansas

Chaplain Ken Gill                     Oak Bay Fire Department, BC Canada

Chaplain Greg Griego                          Albuquerque Fire Department, New Mexico

George Grafsky  Montogomery Fire Department, Minnesota, Charter Member

Chaplain Bob Grumbine             Baltimore Fire Department, Maryland, Charter Member

Chaplain J. Gibbs Hammond     Knoxville Fire Department, Tennessee, Past President

Chaplain Dan Harris                            Hampton Bays Fire Department, New York

Chaplain Ronald R. Hein                Dalhart Volunteer Fire Department, Texas

Chaplain Eileen Helzel                       Lumminary-Frostbite Fire Department, Tennessee

Chaplain John "Jack" Hess Defiance Fire Department, Ohio

Chaplain Roy Hinger           Los Angeles County Fire Department 

Chaplain Richard Holst (LODD)  9/9/2009 Huntington Manor Fire Department, NY

Chaplain Allen Jelenick                       Minneapolis Fire Department, Minnesota

Chaplain Scott Jenkins Nashville, Fire Department, Tennessee

Chaplain Mychal Judge (LODD)  9/11/2001 FDNY, New York

Chaplain Steve Kass                            Ventura City Fire Department, California

Chaplain Steven G. Kay             Redlands Fire Department, California, Past President

Chaplain David Keasling            Van Buren Fire Department, Indiana

Chaplain John Lama                           Margate Fire Department, Florida

Chaplain Ken Latham                         Sevier County Fire Department, Tennessee

Chaplain Maynard Lauterback Hampstead Fire Department, Maryland

Chaplain Steve Layzell      Hillsboro Oregon Fire Department, Oregon

Chaplain Mike Leckie New England Fire Chiefs association, Rhode Island

Chaplain Howard Lewis                    Snohomish Fire Department, Washington

Chaplain Frank Lucas                         Wantagh Fire Department, New York

Chaplain Louis Ray Lyons                  Cynthiana Fire Department, Kentucky

Chaplain George L’Heureux                Maryland Firemen’s Association

Chaplain Bryan Massie                        Mechanicsburg Fire Department, Ohio

Chaplain Dennis McCarthy        Winterhaven Fire Department, Florida, Charter Member

Chaplain W. Grant McIntosh, III         Fairfax County Fire Rescue, Virginia 

Chaplain Ray Middaugh                       Toledo Fire Department, Ohio

Chaplain Irvin Mitchell                         Sun City Fire Department, Arizona

Chaplain McClendon Mixon                Ohio State Firefighter’s Association, Ohio

Chaplain Larry Modugno  Ventura, California, President (Died in Office)

Chaplain Paul Morin                            Christian Firefighter’s Guild

Chaplain Ewing Nelson                        Abilene Fire Department, Texas

Chaplain Lester Palmer                        Albuquerque Fire Department, New Mexico

Chaplain Darrell Parker (LODD) 8/13/14   Fairbury Fire Department, Nebraska

Chaplain Ron Perkins Ft Lauderdale Fire Department, Florida

Chaplain Donald Petree                      LaFollette Fire Department, Tennessee

Chaplain Richard Phelps Melbourne Fire Department, Florida

Chaplain Paul Pierce                           Largo Fire Department, Florida

Chaplain Robert Post Stamford Fire department, Connecticut

Chaplain Jerry Priest Jefferson Fire Department, Texas

Chaplain Pete Rogers                          New Orleans Fire Department, Louisiana

Chaplain Bill Rucker                 Munfordville Fire Department, Kentucky

Chaplain Bruce Rushton Vancouver Fire Department, British Columbia, Canada

Chaplain Paul Ruzzo                           Manchester Fire Department, New Hampshire

Chaplain Frank Saveno                       Emerson, NY Fire Department

Chaplain Jack Shell                             Grand Ledge, MI Fire Department

Chaplain Edward Sheffield                 Cincinnati, OH Fire Department

Chaplain John Sherwood                    Ventura County, CA Fire Department

Chaplain Steve Short                          Washington, DC Fire Department

Chaplain James F. Shrock                 Goshen Fire Department. Elkhart Township FD, Middlebury FD, IN

Chaplain Garland Simmons                Faucette North Carolina Fire Department

Chaplain Ed Stauffer  Ft Worth Fire Department, Texas, Founder, Charter Member, Executive Director

Chaplain Fred Tomzik                       Norwood Park Fire Department, Illinois

Chaplain Durell Tuberville Shreveport Fire Department, Louisiana

Chaplain Allen Tucker                        Jasper Fire Department, Texas

Chaplain Arthur Twombly Shively Fire Department, Kentucky

Chaplain Richard Vascik                     Rossford Fire Department, Ohio

Chaplain David A. Volkert            Chatham Community Fire Department 

Chaplain William "Bill" Waggoner    Beloit Fire Department, Illinois

Chaplain George A. Walker                 Bismark Fire Department, North Dakota

Chaplain George Walker, Jr                 Corpus Christi Fire Department, Texas

Chaplain Thomas Wheeler Ventura County Fire Department, California

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