2011 Fallen Firefighters Memorial Ceremony
A solemn occasion in which we honoured fallen firefighters in a ceremony held on the steps of the Legislature Building in Victoria, BC.
May
07
VIDEO: Urban Search and Rescue has a new training centre!
On May 5, 2011, Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services (VFRS) and the City of Vancouver, together with Urban Search and Rescue (USAR), BC Ambulance Service, and the Vancouver Police Department, held a grand opening ceremony for the new USAR training centre.
Of course, the band was there!
Here is a little video that tells the story of the event.
YouTube Link: http://youtu.be/tCpKZHxKUPY
(P.S. One day soon we hope to have some good recordings of our own band, but we’re not quite there yet. Getting the […]
Apr
27
LINK: Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation
Every year, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation holds a memorial event honouring those firefighters who have died in the line of duty.
URL: http://www.cfff.ca
From their website:
The Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation was created to HONOUR and REMEMBER firefighters who have been killed in the line of duty and to SUPPORT their families. The CFFF is a registered charity and operates by fundraising.
They are working on a new memorial, to be unveiled during the 2012 ceremony, on […]
Mar
09
Fallen Firefighters’ Memorial Service 2011
Last Post
On March 7, 2011, hundreds of BC firefighters joined together on the lawns of the Legislature in Victoria to commemorate the untimely passing of 14 of our comrades. All of them died from cancer, an occupational hazard that was recognized as a work-related injury in 2005.
Here’s a link to the Times-Colonist newspaper article, that tells a little more about the story behind the ceremony, the first one to be held here in BC. Here’s a link to […]
