CPF

The Memorial Wall

The centerpiece of the California Firefighters Memorial is the Memorial Wall. Our objective is to include the name of every firefighter who died in the line of duty in California since California became a state in 1850.

The criteria for including a name on the Memorial Wall is identical to that used for the National Firefighters Memorial in Colorado Springs, Colorado:

  • Any death of a firefighter where the deceased member’s family would be eligible for a line-of-duty death benefit under the regulations of the U. S. Public Safety Officers’ Benefits program.
  • Any death of a firefighter, which has been determined to be a line-of-duty death by his or her local fire department or employer.
  • Any death of a firefighter where the member died of an injury incurred while engaged in emergency or non-emergency duties on the job or as a result of the job. 
  • Other cases where a department (individual) makes a formal request to the California Fire Foundation Chairman, who will evaluate the circumstances surrounding the death of the firefighter and will make a determination based on the facts.  Such cases could include the death of a firefighter where the firefighter died of an injury incurred while performing fire fighting or emergency medical duties as a “Good Samaritan” while off duty, or other similar circumstances involving the death of a firefighter.

For the California Firefighters Memorial, the definition of deaths coming "as a result of the job" include any death that is covered under firefighter presumption laws, first approved in 1983 and amended in subsequent years. These laws define as "line of duty" deaths that result from heart attack, many forms of cancer, and certain other blood-borne illnesses.

Below are links to the names that are approved for the California Firefighters Memorial as of March, 2008:

2008 Additions in Order of Fire Department

The first list displays the names in chronological order.  The second list, a quick reference, indicates names in order of fire department.

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