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*****************"Nothing Is Stronger Than The Heart Of A Volunteer" *****************

The current members of the Tiawah Fire Department have designed and began using a new uniform patch. Within the design, they have paid honor to those men and women before us as represented by the "smokeater" on the left center of our patch. The firefighter on the right is representative of our pride of who we are today and where we are going. A firehose encircles and connects the traditions and honor of yesteryear with our current and future firefighters.

-------------------------*Tiawah Fire Department-Proudly Serving Since 1964* ------------------------

Tiawah Fire Department proudly protects 3000 people living in an area of 56 square miles. We protect primarily rural area. Our department is a public department whose members are on a volunteer status. Tiawah Fire Department currently holds an I.S.O. Class 6 rating.

Tiawah Fire Department is a total volunteer fire department that is funded by membership dues, donations, and our annual fish fry.

********************** 9/11/01 - WE WILL NEVER FORGET - 343 *********************

ISO Class 6 Established 1995 25 Volunteers 1 Station 2 Engines 2 Tankers 2 Brush Trucks

Catoosa Fire Department proudly protects 7500 people living in an area of 30 square miles. We operate out of 2 stations that protect a primarily residential area. Our department is a public department whose members are on a combination of paid and volunteer status.

About our City

Catoosa, Oklahoma is located just North East of Tulsa, in Rogers County. Our Government Type: Strong Mayor And City Council. The Fire Department: Paid Fire Chief, 3 Paid Firefighters, And 20 Volunteer Firefighters. In 1971, The City of Catoosa passed an ordinance that officially created a Volunteer Fire Department. Dale Lynch was named the First Fire Chief of The City of Catoosa. In 2000 a second fire station was added to the City. The summer of 2001 the City hired it's first three full time Firefighters. Catoosa is a Capital Improvements Planning city. Catoosa is a Cherokee word meaning, On The Hill, which describes its position just northeast of Tulsa, nestled in the hills of Oklahoma's Green Country. Its early settlers were the West Cherokees, who arrived in 1817 and late the Eastern Cherokees who arrived in 1863. The community was originally situated in the lowlands, northeast of its present location and was known as Fort Spunky. It was there that the first post office and school, both constructed of logs, were established. In 1882, the A & P Railroad (late the Frisco), built its line from Vinita to Catoosa, where it became the end of the line. The cattle rail terminal was established and soon herds were driven here from Texas and further west to be shipped to Kansas City and points east. Huge stock pens were built on the west side of the railroad. Continuing its role as an economic and transportation hub, Catoosa was the city of choice for the head of the McCellan-Kerr Navigation System and the Tulsa Port of Catoosa, which was completed in 1971. Approximately 45 industries are located in the industrial park, employing 1,700 people. The modern Catoosa has much to offer both businesses and families. The progressive attitude of the city has resulted in the construction of a new civic center in Catoosa, which houses the public library and community center, as well as provide a recreation area. The community has a thriving social infrastructure, with many civic, fraternal, athletic, youth and special interest organizations. Catoosa is located within an hour of many area lakes, including Ft. Gibson, Oologah, Keystone, Grand Lake of the Cherokees and Skiatook. Catoosa is in Rogers County, which was the second fastest growing county in Oklahoma from 1990 to 1995. Sound economic growth, excellent location and a committed citizenry make Catoosa a quality Oklahoma community.

FDNY"We Will Never Forget"
"We Will Never Forget"..... 343..... Joseph
Agnello, Lad.118 Lt. Brian
Ahearn, Bat.13 Eric
Allen, Sqd.18 (D) Richard
Allen, Lad.15 Cpt. James
Amato, Sqd.1 Calixto
Anaya Jr., Eng.4 Joseph
Agnello, Lad.118 Lt. Brian
Ahearn, Bat.13 Eric
Allen, Sqd.18 (D) Richard
Allen, Lad.15 Cpt. James
Amato, Sqd.1 Calixto
Anaya Jr., Eng.4 Joseph
Angelini, Res.1 (D) Joseph
Angelini Jr., Lad.4 Faustino
Apostol Jr., Bat.2 David
Arce, Eng.33 Louis
Arena, Lad.5 (D) Carl
Asaro, Bat.9 Lt. Gregg
Atlas, Eng.10 Gerald
Atwood, Lad.21 Gerald
Baptiste, Lad.9 A.C. Gerard
Barbara, Cmd. Ctr. Matthew
Barnes, Lad.25 Arthur
Barry, Lad.15 Lt.Steven
Bates, Eng.235 Carl
Bedigian, Eng.214 Stephen
Belson, Bat.7 John
Bergin, Res.5 Paul
Beyer, Eng.6 Peter
Bielfeld, Lad.42 Brian
Bilcher, Sqd.1 Carl
Bini, Res.5 Christopher
Blackwell, Res.3 Michael
Bocchino, Bat.48 Frank
Bonomo, Eng.230 Gary
Box, Sqd.1 Michael
Boyle, Eng.33 Kevin
Bracken, Eng.40 Michael
Brennan, Lad.4 Peter
Brennan, Res.4 Cpt. Daniel
Brethel, Lad.24 (D) Cpt. Patrick
Brown, Lad.3 Andrew
Brunn, Lad.5 (D) Cpt. Vincent
Brunton, Lad.105 F.M. Ronald
Bucca Greg
Buck, Eng.201 Cpt. William
Burke Jr., Eng.21 A.C. Donald
Burns, Cmd. Ctr. John
Burnside, Lad.20 Thomas
Butler, Sqd.1 Patrick
Byrne, Lad.101 George
Cain, Lad.7 Salvatore
Calabro, Lad.101 Cpt. Frank
Callahan, Lad.35 Michael
Cammarata, Lad.11 Brian
Cannizzaro, Lad.101 Dennis
Carey, Hmc.1 Michael
Carlo, Eng.230 Michael
Carroll, Lad.3 Peter
Carroll, Sqd.1 (D) Thomas
Casoria, Eng.22 Michael
Cawley, Lad.136 Vernon
Cherry, Lad.118 Nicholas
Chiofalo, Eng.235 John
Chipura, Eng.219 Michael
Clarke, Lad.2 Steven
Coakley, Eng.217 Tarel
Coleman, Sqd.252 John
Collins, Lad.25 Robert
Cordice, Sqd.1 Ruben
Correa, Eng.74 James
Coyle, Lad.3 Robert
Crawford, Safety Lt. John
Crisci, H.M. B.C. Dennis
Cross, Bat.57 (D) Thomas
Cullen III, Sqd. 41 Robert
Curatolo, Lad.16 (D) Lt. Edward
D'Atri, Sqd.1 Michael
D'Auria, Eng.40 Scott
Davidson, Lad.118 Edward
Day, Lad.11 B.C. Thomas
DeAngelis, Bat. 8 Manuel
Delvalle, Eng.5 Martin
DeMeo, H.M. 1 David
DeRubbio, Eng.226 Lt. Andrew
Desperito, Eng.1 (D) B.C. Dennis
Devlin, Bat.9 Gerard
Dewan, Lad.3 George
DiPasquale, Lad.2 Lt. Kevin
Donnelly, Lad.3 Lt. Kevin
Dowdell, Res.4 B.C. Raymond
Downey, Soc. Gerard
Duffy, Lad.21 Cpt. Martin
Egan, Jr., Div.15 (D) Michael
Elferis, Eng.22 Francis
Esposito, Eng.235 Lt. Michael
Esposito, Sqd.1 Robert
Evans, Eng.33 B.C. John
Fanning, H.O. Cpt. Thomas
Farino, Eng.26 Terrence
Farrell, Res.4 Cpt. Joseph
Farrelly, Div.1 Dep. Comm. William
Feehan, (D) Lee
Fehling, Eng.235 Alan
Feinberg, Bat.9 Michael
Fiore, Res.5 Lt. John
Fischer, Lad.20 Andre
Fletcher, Res.5 John
Florio, Eng.214 Lt. Michael
Fodor, Lad.21 Thomas
Foley, Res.3 David
Fontana, Sqd.1 Robert
Foti, Lad.7 Andrew
Fredericks, Sqd.18 Lt. Peter
Freund, Eng.55 Thomas
Gambino Jr., Res.3 Chief of Dept. Peter
Ganci, Jr. (D) Lt. Charles
Garbarini, Bat.9 Thomas
Gardner, Hmc.1 Matthew
Garvey, Sqd.1 Bruce
Gary, Eng.40 Gary
Geidel, Res.1 B.C. Edward
Geraghty, Bat.9 Dennis
Germain, Lad.2 Lt. Vincent
Giammona, Lad.5 James
Giberson, Lad.35 Ronnie
Gies, Sqd.288 Paul
Gill, Eng.54 Lt. John
Ginley, Eng.40 Jeffrey
Giordano, Lad.3 John
Giordano, Hmc.1 Keith
Glascoe, Lad.21 James
Gray, Lad.20 B.C. Joseph
Grzelak, Bat.48 Jose
Guadalupe, Eng.54 Lt. Geoffrey
Guja, Bat.43 Lt. Joseph
Gullickson, Lad.101 David
Halderman, Sqd.18 Lt. Vincent
Halloran, Lad.8 Robert
Hamilton, Sqd.41 Sean
Hanley, Lad.20 (D) Thomas
Hannafin, Lad.5 Dana
Hannon, Eng.26 Daniel
Harlin, Lad.2 Lt. Harvey
Harrell, Res.5 Lt. Stephen
Harrell, Bat.7 Cpt. Thomas
Haskell, Jr., Div.15 Timothy
Haskell, Sqd.18 (D) Cpt. Terence
Hatton, Res.1 Michael
Haub, Lad.4 Lt. Michael
Healey, Sqd.41 John
Hefferman, Lad.11 Ronnie
Henderson, Eng.279 Joseph
Henry, Lad.21 William
Henry, Res.1 (D) Thomas
Hetzel, Lad.13 Cpt. Brian
Hickey, Res.4 Lt. Timothy
Higgins, S.O.C. Jonathan
Hohmann, Hmc.1 Thomas
Holohan, Eng.6 Joseph
Hunter, Sqd.288 Cpt. Walter
Hynes, Lad.13 (D) Jonathan
Ielpi, Sqd.288 Cpt. Frederick
Ill Jr., Lad.2 William
Johnston, Eng.6 Andrew
Jordan, Lad.132 Karl
Joseph, Eng.207 Lt. Anthony
Jovic, Bat.47 Angel
Juarbe Jr., Lad.12 Mychal
Judge, Chaplain (D) Vincent
Kane, Eng.22 B.C. Charles
Kasper, S.O.C. Paul
Keating, Lad.5 Richard
Kelly Jr., Lad.11 Thomas R.
Kelly, Lad.15 Thomas W.
Kelly, Lad.105 Thomas
Kennedy, Lad.101 Lt. Ronald
Kerwin, Sqd.288 Michael
Kiefer, Lad.132 Robert
King Jr., Eng.33 Scott
Kopytko, Lad.15 William
Krukowski, Lad.21 Kenneth
Kumpel, Lad.25 Thomas
Kuveikis, Sqd.252 David
LaForge, Lad.20 William
Lake, Res.2 Robert
Lane, Eng.55 Peter
Langone, Sqd.252 Scott
Larsen, Lad.15 Lt. Joseph
Leavey, Lad.15 Neil
Leavy, Eng.217 Daniel
Libretti, Res.2 Carlos
Lillo, Paramedic Robert
Linnane, Lad.20 Michael
Lynch, Eng.40 Michael
Lynch, Lad.4 Michael
Lyons, Sqd.41 Patrick
Lyons, Sqd.252 Joseph
Maffeo, Lad.101 William
Mahoney, Res 4 Joseph
Maloney, Lad.3 (D) B.C. Joseph
Marchbanks Jr, Bat.12 Lt. Charles
Margiotta, Bat.22 Kenneth
Marino, Res.1 John
Marshall, Eng.23 Lt. Peter
Martin, Res.2 Lt. Paul
Martini, Eng.23 Joseph
Mascali, T.S.U. 2 Keithroy
Maynard, Eng.33 Brian
McAleese, Eng.226 John
McAvoy, Lad.3 Thomas
McCann, Bat.8 Lt. William
McGinn, Sqd.18 B.C. William
McGovern, Bat.2 (D) Dennis
McHugh, Lad.13 Robert
McMahon, Lad.20 Robert
McPadden, Eng.23 Terence
McShane, Lad.101 Timothy
McSweeney, Lad.3 Martin
McWilliams, Eng.22 (D) Raymond
Meisenheimer, Res.3 Charles
Mendez, Lad.7 Steve
Mercado, Eng.40 Douglas
Miller, Res.5 Henry
Miller Jr, Lad.105 Robert
Minara, Lad.25 Thomas
Mingione, Lad.132 Lt. Paul
Mitchell, Bat.1 Capt. Louis
Modafferi, Res.5 Lt. Dennis
Mojica, Res.1 (D) Manuel
Mojica, Sqd.18 (D) Carl
Molinaro, Lad.2 Michael
Montesi, Res.1 Capt. Thomas
Moody, Div.1 B.C. John
Moran, Bat.49 Vincent
Morello, Lad.35 Christopher
Mozzillo, Eng.55 Richard
Muldowney Jr, Lad.07 Michael
Mullan, Lad.12 Dennis
Mulligan, Lad.2 Lt. Raymond
Murphy, Lad.16 Lt. Robert
Nagel, Eng.58 John
Napolitano, Res.2 Peter
Nelson, Res.4 Gerard
Nevins, Res.1 Dennis
O'Berg, Lad.105 Lt. Daniel
O'Callaghan, Lad.4 Douglas
Oelschlager, Lad.15 Joseph
Ogren, Lad.3 Lt. Thomas
O'Hagan, Bat.4 Samuel
Oitice, Lad.4 Patrick
O'Keefe, Res.1 Capt. William
O'Keefe, Div.15 (D) Eric
Olsen, Lad.15 Jeffery
Olsen, Eng.10 Steven
Olson, Lad.3 Kevin
O'Rourke, Res.2 Michael
Otten, Lad.35 Jeffery
Palazzo, Res.5 B.C. Orio
Palmer, Bat.7 Frank
Palombo, Lad.105 Paul
Pansini, Eng.10 B.C. John
Paolillo, Bat.11 James
Pappageorge, Eng.23 Robert
Parro, Eng.8 Durrell
Pearsall, Res.4 Lt. Glenn
Perry, Bat.12 Lt. Philip
Petti, Bat.7 Lt. Kevin
Pfeifer, Eng. 33 Lt. Kenneth
Phelan, Bat.32 Christopher
Pickford, Eng.201 Shawn
Powell, Eng.207 Vincent
Princiotta, Lad.7 Kevin
Prior, Sqd.252 B.C. Richard
Prunty, Bat.2 (D) Lincoln
Quappe, Res.2 Lt. Michael
Quilty, Lad.11 Ricardo
Quinn, Paramedic Leonard
Ragaglia, Eng.54 Michael
Ragusa, Eng.279 Edward
Rall, Res.2 Adam
Rand, Sqd.288 Donald
Regan, Res.3 Lt. Robert
Regan, Lad.118 Christian
Regenhard, Lad.131 Kevin
Reilly, Eng.207 Lt. Vernon
Richard, Lad.7 James
Riches, Eng.4 Joseph
Rivelli, Lad.25 Michael
Roberts, Eng.214 Michael E.
Roberts, Lad.35 Anthony
Rodriguez, Eng.279 Matthew
Rogan, Lad.11 Nicholas
Rossomando, Res.5 Paul
Ruback, Lad.25 Stephen
Russell, Eng.55 Lt. Michael
Russo, S.O.C. B.C. Matthew
Ryan, Bat.1 Thomas
Sabella, Lad.13 Christopher
Santora, Eng.54 John
Santore, Lad.5 (D) Gregory
Saucedo, Lad.5 Dennis
Scauso, H.M. 1 John
Schardt, Eng.201 B.C. Fred
Scheffold, Bat.12 Thomas
Schoales, Eng.4 Gerard
Schrang, Res.3 (D) Gregory
Sikorsky, Sqd.41 Stephen
Siller, Sqd.1 Stanley
Smagala Jr, Eng.226 Kevin
Smith, H.M. 1 Leon
Smith Jr, Lad 118 Robert
Spear Jr, Eng.26 Joseph
Spor, Res.3 B.C. Lawrence
Stack, Bat.50 Cpt. Timothy
Stackpole, Div.11 (D) Gregory
Stajk, Lad.13 Jeffery
Stark, Eng.230 Benjamin
Suarez, Lad.21 Daniel
Suhr, Eng.216 (D) Lt. Christopher
Sullivan, Lad.111 Brian
Sweeney, Res.1 Sean
Tallon, Lad.10 Allan
Tarasiewicz, Res.5 Paul
Tegtmeier, Eng.4 John
Tierney, Lad.9 John
Tipping II, Lad.4 Hector
Tirado Jr, Eng.23 Richard
Vanhine, Sqd.41 Peter
Vega, Lad.118 Lawrence
Veling, Eng.235 John
Vigiano II, Lad.132 Sergio
Villanueva, Lad.132 Lawrence
Virgilio, Sqd.18 (D) Lt. Robert
Wallace, Eng.205 Jeffery
Walz, Lad. 9 Lt. Michael
Warchola, Lad.5 (D) Capt. Patrick
Waters, S.O.C. Kenneth
Watson, Eng.214 Michael
Weinberg, Eng.1 (D) David
Weiss, Res.1 Timothy
Welty, Sqd.288 Eugene
Whelan, Eng.230 Edward
White, Eng.230 Mark
Whitford, Eng.23 Lt. Glenn
Wilkinson, Eng.238 (D) B.C. John
Williamson, Bat.6 (D) Capt. David
Wooley, Lad.4 Raymond
York, Eng.285 (D)

"All Give Some, Some Give All"

Worcester FD"Six Brave Men"
"Striking Box 1438"...Lt. Thomas Spencer, 42, Worcester Ma, Ladder 2...
Firefighter Timothy Jackson, 51, Hopedale Ma, Ladder 2...
Firefighter James Lyons, 34, Worcester Ma, Engine 3...
Firefighter Joseph McGuirk, 38, Worcester Ma, Engine 3...
Firefighter Paul Brotherton, 41, Auburn Ma, Rescue 1...
Firefighter Jeremiah Lucey, 38, Leicester Ma, Rescue 1...

"December 3rd, 1999, Worcester Cold Storage"

Brother when you weep for me
Remember that it was meant to be
Lay me down and when you leave
Remember I'll be at your sleeve
In every dark and choking hall
I'll be there as you slowly crawl
On every roof in driving snow
I'll hold your coat and you will know
In cellars hot with searing heat
At windows where a gate you meet
In closets where young children hide
You know I'll be there at your side
The house from which I now respond
Is overstaffed with heroes gone
Men who answered one last bell
Did the job and did it well
As firemen we understand
That death's a card dealt in our hand
A card we hope we never play
But one we hold there anyway
That card is something we ignore
As we crawl across a weakened floor
For we know that we're the only prayer
For anyone that might be there
So remember as you wipe your tears
The joy I knew throughout the years
As I did the job I loved to do
I pray that thought will see you through...

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