The Hundred Club of Connecticut
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Memorial Unit Seeks Firefighters’ Names
A call for all fire
departments throughout the state to respond to a
request for names of firefighters who lost their
lives in the line of duty has been issued by
Chief (Ret.) Ernest Herrick of Storrs.
Chief Herrick, chairman of the State Fighters
Memorial Committee, is asking officials in the
departments to provide the names and other
pertinent information related to firefighters
whose names should be engraved on the memorial
which was dedicated last August. He emphasized
that a department which has lost a firefighter
should provide the committee with that
information.
According to Chief Herrick, the committee plans
to have the names of the fallen firefighters
engraved on the granite memorial this spring.
More than 300 names are expected to be etched in
the stone at that time.
Chief Herrick and Jeffrey J. Morrissette, state
fire administrator, said preliminary plans call
for the first memorial service to be held in
October, possibly on the weekend which launches
Fire Prevention Week.
The memorial is on the grounds of the Fire
Training Academy in Windsor Locks. It was
constructed at a cost of approximately $400,000.
The committee is continuing to accept donations.
For information contact Mr. Morrissette at the
academy.
