"Neither cold nor darkness will deter good people from hastening to the dreadful place to quench the flame. They do it not for the sake of reward or fame, but they have a reward in themselves and they love one another."
Benjamin Franklin
This web-page is dedicated to the memory of all fallen Public Safety Officials and their Families. ~ Honor Roll ~ LINE OF DUTY DEATHS Chief of Department Charles H. Moran LODD Mutual aid Framingham BOX 1314 August 21 1963 Norman E. Barry ENG. CO LODD Mutual aid Framingham Box 1314 August 21 1963 John Reebenacker ENG. CO LODD Mutual aid Framingham Box 1314 August 21 1963 Edward Bessey LAD. CO LODD killed in an MVC responding to Station alarm 1964 THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED Chief of Department DEAN MILLER Chief of Department GEORGE TAYLOR Chief of Department DONALD MORSE Chief of Department HENRY CARLSON Steamer Company WILLIAM A. STONE Steamer Company WILLIAM BELL Steamer Company ALFRED BURGESS Steamer Company GEORGE ADAMS Steamer Company NAT CLARK Combination Company LOUIS PHIPPS Combination Company JAMES E. WALKUP Combination Company WARREN WALKUP Hook & Ladder Company WALLIS ADAMS Hook & Ladder Company WALTER J. CARDS Engine Company FRANCIS MOORE Engine Company GEORGE BARLOW Engine Company WILLIAM MOORE Engine Company WALTER MILLER Engine Company ERROL FISKE Engine Company WILLIAM DWINNELLS. SR Engine Company CARL”RICK” GHILANI Engine Company CLARENCE MOREY Engine Company RUSSELL FRYE Engine Company FOREST PERKINS Engine Company WILLIAM HOLMBERG Ladder Company ROBERT MORROW Rescue Company FRED FULLER Rescue Company WILLIAM C FULLER Rescue Comapny JOSEPH GALLONI Rescue Comany DONALD MELLEN Fireman's Prayer When I am called to duty God wherever flames may rage give me strength to save a life whatever be its age Help me to embrace a little child before it is too late or save an older person from the horror of that fate Enable me to be alert and to hear the weakest shout and quickly and efficiently to put the fire out I want to fill my calling and to give the best in me to guard my neighbor and protect his property And if according to your will I have to lose my life bless with your protecting hand my children and my wife ~ James J. Metcalfe |