On the Cover
Atlanta Squad 4 Firefighter Matt Moseley is carried by a 70 foot long rope from the bottom of a Department of Natural Resources helicopter. He has just removed a stranded operator from the top of a 220-foot-high steel construction crane exposed to heavy flames. The massive fire consumed the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill and spread to several surrounding buildings on April 12, 1999. See page 44 for the complete story and page 54 for recognition in the Firehouse Heroism & Community Service Awards program.
Dedication
This month's Firehouse® is dedicated to Firefighter Bradley McNeer, 22, of the Chesterfield, VA, Fire Department, who died in the line of duty, December 1999; and to Firefighter Ernest Young, 52, of the Big Knob Volunteer Fire Department in Rochester, PA; Captain Juan Gilbert De Leon, 53, of the McAllen, TX, Fire Department; Chief James Altic, 47, of the Halfway Volunteer Fire Department in Polk County, MO; Firefighter Lee Purdy, 57, of the Invincible Fire Company in Spencerville, OH; and Firefighter Robert M. Jones, 48, of the Unity, ME, Volunteer Fire Department, all of whom died in the line of duty, January 2000.
