Fallen firefighters honoured at Calgary memorial Tuesday

Members of the Calgary Fire Department joined together at a public memorial Tuesday to remember fallen firefighters.

Calgary has lost 43 firefighters in the line of duty; nine during active firefighting and 34 due to illness related to firefighting.

The 2016 Fallen Firefighters Memorial was held in Tribute Plaza in front of the Municipal Building on Macleod Trail at noon.

It was preceded by a march down Stephen Avenue beginning at 11 a.m.

The annual memorial is held on the second Tuesday of every September.

BELOW: Fallen firefighters from the Calgary Fire Department

• Hugh McShane, Firefighter
  4 years of service
  Apparatus accident, Nov. 17, 1923
• Arthur Simmons, Captain
  37 years of service
  Union Packing Plant fire, Dec. 30, 1948
• Norman Cocks, Firefighter
  4 years of service
  Training accident, May 8, 1962
• Lloyd Dutnall, Lieutenant
  18 years of service
  Calgary Stockyards fire, Sept. 6, 1970
• Harold Smith, Lieutenant
  26 years of service
  McTavish Block fire, May 26, 1971
• Jerald Walter, Firefighter
  1 years of service
  Beachcomber Night Club fire, April 19, 1972
• David Allan, Firefighter
  21 years of service
  Apparatus accident, Aug. 25, 1976
• George R. Look, Firefighter
  1 years of service
  Manchester Racquet Club fire, Jan. 1, 1981
• Arthur Scotten, Captain
  29 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Dec. 3, 1985
• Morley James, Senior Firefighter
  17 years of service
  Forest Lawn Hotel fire, July 13, 1992
• Ron J. Renard, Captain
  30 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, July 2, 1998
• Kenneth D. Moody, Division Chief
  37 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Sept. 14, 1999
• Maurice Simonin, Division Chief
  36 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, March 21, 2000
• Garry Kendall, Captain
  28 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, July 21, 2000
• Terrance Burton, Senior Firefighter
  21 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Nov. 16, 2000
• George Heming, Chief Training Officer
  33 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, June 26, 2003
• Edward Briggs, Captain
  32 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Jan. 23, 2004
• William Beattie, Deputy Chief
  35 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, May 9, 2005
• Alan H. Edwards, Captain
  32 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, May 12, 2005
• Thomas Minhinnett, Fire Chief
  37 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, June 28, 2005
• Reuben Poffenroth, District Chief
  35 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Sept. 5, 2005
• Robert Elder, Firefighter
  11 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Sept. 9, 2005
• James Symon, Captain
  31 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Nov. 24, 2005
• James Keats, Captain
  30 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, May 30, 2006
• Bruce Dancy, Captain
  27 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Aug. 31, 2006
• Sidney Gilbert, District Chief
  32 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, March 15, 2007
• Gordon Paul, Senior Firefighter
  17 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Aug. 7, 2007
• Olaf Wilson, Captain
  30 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Oct. 17, 2007
• James Carrington, Division Chief
  38 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Nov. 24, 2008
• Ronald Lindberg, Captain
  29 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, May 18, 2010
• Bruce Seitz, Captain
  32 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Aug. 11, 2010
• Robert Derrheim, Captain
  32 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, July 11, 2011
• Rik J. Taylor, Captain
  30 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, April 23, 2012
• Wayne Morris, Fire Chief
  38 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Aug. 1, 2012
• Leslie Badry, District Chief
  34 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, March 6, 2013
• Allan Anderson, Captain
  30 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, April 9, 2013
• Robert D. Moore, Captain
  30 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Aug. 11, 2013
• Henry (Hank) Goldsworthy, Captain
  33 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Sept. 7, 2013
• William McCaw, Captain
  28 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Sept. 11, 2013
• Neville Cave, District Chief
  35 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Feb. 13, 2014
• Richard Befus, District Chief
  32 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, July 31, 2014
• John McLeod, District Chief
  36 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Nov. 6, 2014
• Francois Rivest, Training Officer
  33 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Aug. 17, 2015