Flags will be flown at half-staff throughout the state from sunup to sundown Sunday, October 7th in recognition of the Annual National Fallen Firefighter Memorial Service.
The memorial service at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland will honor 85 firefighters who lost their lives in the line of duty during the previous year, 2011, including one Kansas firefighter.
A bronze plaque containing the names of the fallen firefighters will be added Sunday to the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial, located on the academy’s campus. Established in 1981, the memorial contains the names of more than 3,500 fallen firefighters.
- Capt. Jim Niles, Downs Fire Department, died January 13, 2011. He had been an active member of the Downs Volunteer Fire Department for 18 years.