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©2015 Arizona Firefighters & Emergency Paramedics Memorial Commission 2 3 4 5 To charge into burning buildings as others rush out, to brave the dangerous and unpredictable flames of wildfires, to arrive first at the scene of an emergency in a desperate bid to save lives of neighbors, friends and strangers – that takes a rare, selfless courage too often taken for granted.

Arizona has a special and solemn gratitude for the sacrifices of these men and women. We’ve lost more than 119 firefighters and paramedics in the line of duty – including 19 heroic Granite Mountain Hot Shots taken at Yarnell Hill in 2013 in Arizona’s deadliest wildfire on record. We will never forget all of these men and women. They gave their lives to protect their communities, and we can never repay them.

That’s why I’m proud they’ll be forever honored on the grounds of Arizona’s State Capitol. This spectacular memorial will remind us every day of our fallen, as well as the countless heroes among us who devote their daily lives to saving ours. They, along with their families and loved ones, are eternally in our thoughts and prayers.

The Arizona Fallen Firefighter Memorial is a fitting tribute to the dedication, professionalism and nobility of all Arizona first responders. I encourage all Arizonans to visit our State Capitol and pay deserved tribute to these heroes.

Doug Ducey 6 Governor - State of Arizona All Firefighters and First Responders are Heroes for What They do.

6 7 The Arizona Firefighters & Emergency Paramedics Memorial Commission

Rick DeGraw, Chair Roger Wright, Secretary

Lela Alston Sara Begley Dennis Compton Gordy Cunningham Michelle Davidson Susan Ehrlich Bob Ford Tim Hill Bill Kereluk Don Keuth Dale Larsen Brian Moore John Nelson Jenny Norton 8 9 Congratulations on the completion of the Arizona Fallen Firefighter Memorial.

It has been an honor to be involved with this project from the beginning, and I am grateful for all the support we have seen from the business, government and non-profit communities.

There are no words to convey the level of appreciation and respect we at APS have for all first responders who put their lives on the line to help others. eW value the role these men and women play in keeping our communities safe and viable. Our support of this memorial is a small token of our appreciation to Arizona’s fallen firefighters, emergency paramedics, and volunteers.

As the leader of one of Arizona’s largest employers, I have a personal interest in thanking all first responders for the times they work side-by-side with APS employees during outages, storms, wildfires and natural disasters. These heroes are important to APS and they are important to our customers, and we are committed to finding ways to put first responders first.

I hope this memorial serves as a place where Arizona residents can reflect on the courage and dedication these fallen heroes embodied. A place where they can honor loved ones left behind. A place that demonstrates we will Never Forget.

Don Brandt Chief Executive Officer 10 11 This decades-long effort to build and complete the Arizona Fallen Firefighter Memorial is the work of thousands of people. I cannot thank them all, but I can thank Rusty Bowers and Paul Olesniewicz for their artistic skill and personal commitment in creating the ten life-size bronzes as part of the memorial. I can thank Bo Calbert, Josh Marriott and all the great folks at McCarthy Building Companies for their time and expertise. I can thank Lisa The Arizona Fallen Firefighter Memorial is not Tinnion and Akram Rosheidat for their early design efforts. I want to thank Dan Dahl for his work as Treasurer of the fulfillment of a dream; it is the fulfillment the Arizona Fallen Firefighter Memorial. And I want to thank our amazing PR and design firms – David Leibowitz, of a promise. Patty Johnson, DigitalWire360 with Amy Packard Berry, Natalie Maitland and Brandy Aguilar, IWS with Max Fose and Colin Shipley, and JTI Media Services with Anne Thorne and Barb Flynn. I want to thank Chad Weeks of

Spoken at every funeral we’ve held, at every memorial service I’ve attended and in every International Printing for printing this Memorial Book and Debra Hrynyk Nelson of Public Safety Financial/Galloway speech given to first responders is the promise that WE WILL NOT FORGET! Although for its design. in the political battles surrounding pensions, salaries, equipment and public support, sometimes it seems as though we do forget. I also want to thank our largest contributors – Fry’s Food Stores, Professional Fire Fighters of Arizona, Arizona Public Service, McCarthy Building Companies, Freeport McMoRan, Southwest Gas, 100 Club, National

But I was raised to keep my promises. For nearly 40 years, I have had the honor of Fallen Firefighter Foundation, and the Arizona Diamondbacks for their important and early contributions. But I working with and representing Arizona’s firefighters throughout the state. We’ve shared don’t want to forget the nearly 3,600 contributors who gave what they could and still answered their phones even stories, laughed at outrageous antics and fought for fair wages and adequate pensions. though they knew it was me calling. Every time I attended a funeral, I promised never to forget. As Chair of the Firefighters & Emergency Paramedics Memorial Commission, I was constantly reminded of that promise But most of all, I want to thank the loved ones of those who fell. It was your inspiration when the sons and daughters of fallen firefighters applied for tuition waivers forArizona to REMEMBER that kept us all going through this long process. Thank you. colleges and universities. Each time I was reminded of the sacrifice that the firefighter made I was also reminded of the incredible sacrifice that their spouses, children and loved ones made in living without them.

Arizona’s fallen firefighters represent the cultural diversity of Arizona – Rick DeGraw men and women, Hispanic, African American, Native American, Chair, the Arizona Fallen Firefighter Memorial Committee Honorary Firefighter, PFFA & United Phoenix Firefighters Asian and Anglo, Republicans and Democrats, Executive Vice President, CAO, CopperPoint Mutual Insurance Company young and old. Chair, Arizona Firefighters & Emergency Paramedics Memorial Commission

12 13 Working fires alongside the men and women we call fellow fire fighters is an experience The Arizona Fallen Firefighter Memorial represents a deepening of the commitment made by our state’s public safety that defines those of us who pull on a helmet, turnouts and boots for a living in ways that community to hold in the highest esteem those who gave all to preserve life and safety for the rest of us. The Professional extend far beyond what we call “the job.” Hustling to the truck and on to a scene; facing the Fire Fighters of Arizona stand proud to have been a part of the building of this monument and public space since the days unpredictable danger that fire represents; sharing meals and laughter; having arguments when it was little more than a fond hope. We appreciate every dollar donated, every hour spent, and every promise kept around the firehouse table – these moments combine to turn fire fighting into a way of life, by those who have made this memorial possible. With equal gratitude, we rise as one to support every family who has a family that binds each of us as deeply as does blood or kinship. lost someone beloved and every fire fighter and paramedic who one day will follow in our footsteps.

And nothing pulls the fire fighter family more closely together than does the loss of one We will be there for you just as this monument will be there forever as a memorial to our fallen. We will remember you of our own. for as long as we draw breath. And this memorial will cast a protective shadow over every visitor and every one of us for as long as it stands. Even one funeral for a fellow fire fighter or paramedic is one too many. Yet each of us who wears the uniform likely has lived through far more than one such horrific loss. So have our spouses and our Thank you for your generosity, for your time and for such a respectful, awe-inspiring monument. children, our parents and our friends and our neighbors, our communities and this state we all call home. And thank you for the chance to serve this state we all love so much. We do not Forget. Arizona does not Forget. Not now. Not ever.

That promise, to continue to hold in our hearts those we have lost and those they held dear, represents the best Bryan Jeffries of what it means to be a fire fighter. We leave no one behind. No sacrifice goes unnoticed or forgotten. No family Captain/Paramedic, Mesa Fire and Medical Department who has lost a loved one will ever walk alone. Not now. Not ever. President, Professional Fire Fighters of Arizona 14 15 6 Breaking Ground

March 6, 2015 was the official Groundbreaking Day for the Arizona Fallen Firefighter Memorial. Although construction had begun several weeks earlier, Governor Doug Ducey and APS CEO Don Brandt welcomed several hundred to the official groundbreaking. Governor Ducey, Don Brandt, Rick DeGraw and Bryan Jeffries provided the history and importance of this statewide memorial honoring nearly 120 firefighters and paramedics who have given their lives in the line of duty. The importance of this memorial to the families of the fallen and to their brothers and sisters still on the job was stressed by all.

(Left to Right) Brad Woodman - SmithGroup JJR Rick DeGraw - Executive Vice President & CAO, CopperPoint Mutual Insurance Company Bryan Jeffries - President, Professional Fire Fighters of AZ & Captain/Paramedic, Mesa Fire & Medical Department Governor Doug Ducey Don Brandt - CEO, Arizona Public Service Company Tim Hill - former President, Professional Fire Fighters of AZ Bo Calbert - CEO, McCarthy Building Companies

16 17 Russell (Rusty) Bowers, a fourth generation Arizonan is from a long line of Arizona ranchers and community leaders. A graduate of Mesa High School, he attended MCC, BYU, and ASU to which he returned in 1992 to do his post-graduate work. Though his education spanned many years, Rusty’s career includes construction, education, and being a professional artist renowned in pencil, watercolor and oils, as well as a sculptor of wood, clay, bronze and other materials. He served with honor and distinction in the Arizona Legislature and is committed to those around him and the people of Arizona. Married to his best friend Donetta Russell, together they have seven children.

As a renowned sculptor, Rusty has dedicated his vision and talent to preserving Arizona’s history through art that can be touched and related to. His commitment to those firefighters who have given their lives in the line of duty is a natural reflection of his love of Arizona.

Paul (Oly) Olesniewicz received his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in 1978 from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. Flagstaff is located 7,000 feet above sea level amidst the world’s largest Ponderosa Pine forest. It was in Flagstaff that Oly got his first taste of firefighting with the Forest Service. Oly worked for the United States Air Force as a civilian firefighter in both crash/rescue and structural firefighting.After 27 years of service with the City of Tucson Fire Department, he retired from the fire service to continue his sculpture career full time.

Oly’s work is intended to portray the dedication and pride exhibited by firefighters throughout the history of the fire service. Oly combines his personal experiences as a firefighter with his love of art and sculpture. Oly’s sculptural works are on display in museums, memorial sites, fire departments and homes of firefighters and civilians around the world.

18 19 6 Thanks to all these media and public relations professionals who donated their time and expertise to inform the public about the Memorial and who helped with research, writing, editing, designing, communicating, photography and fundraising for the Arizona Fallen Firefighter Memorial.

Lesley Bennett & Mac Perlich On Media Publications

Max Fose & Colin Shipley Integrated Web Strategy

Amy Packard Berry, Brandy Aguilar & Natalie Maitland DigitalWire360

Susan Ehrlich & Michelle Davidson

Patty Johnson Connections Marketing & Communication

David Leibowitz Leibowitz Solo

Katy June Office of Kyrsten Simena

Anne Thorne & Barb Flynn JTI Media Services

Rick Montemorra MFMD Departmental Communications

Debra Hrynyk Nelson 6 Public Safety Financial/Galloway Forever in Our Hearts,

20 We Honor You and Remember Your Sacrifice. 21 Firefighter’s Prayer Author Unknown

When I am called to duty, God, wherever flames may rage, give me strength to save a life, whatever be its age. Help me embrace a little child before it is too late, or save an older person from the horror of that fate. Enable me to be alert, and hear the weakest shout, quickly and efficiently to put the fire out. I want to fill my calling, to give the best in me, to guard my friend and neighbor, and protect his property. And if according to Your will I must answer death’s call, bless with Your protecting hand, my family one and all.

6 With the Loss of Each Firefighter, Our Lives have been Lessened. With Each Sacrifice, Our Lives have been Enriched.

22 23 Carl William Shoemaker 2001 Mesa Darrell (Ricky) Thomas 2001 Somerton/Cocopah Thomas A. Johnson 2001 U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs Randall Bonito, Jr. 2003 U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs John Attardo 2003 Minden Air Corp Carl G. Dolbeare 2003 Minden Air Corp Richard Glenn (Rick) Lupe 2003 U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs

Jess Pearce 2003 U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs Tammy Renae Mundell 2004 Southwest Ambulance Doreen (Renee) Johnson 2004 Southwest Ambulance An Arizona memorial dedicated to the courage and memory Gary Dean Archibeque 2004 Show Low Robert (Bob) Kotowski 2005 Flagstaff of Arizona firefighters and paramedics who gave their lives in Valeree S. Claude 2005 Pinetop Corey Earl Lawton 2006 Gila River service of others and that honors those who live with their absence. Jeffrey N. Lown 2007 Southwest Ambulance

Mark Stevens Carter 2007 Phoenix Keith Dawson 2008 Flagstaff John Delaney 2008 Mesa In 2015, we list 119 firefighters and paramedics fallen in the line of duty in Arizona. Douglas Falconer 2008 Arizona Dept of Corrections Mark A. McNeal-DeBarber 2009 Flagstaff William H. Katzenstein 1902 Tucson David R. Deary 1979 Sierra Vista Eric Allan Tinkham 2009 Queen Creek Jack Boleyn 1910 Tucson Edward J. Gaicki 1980 Tempe Frank J. Molina 2009 Salt River J.D. Sullivan 1929 Phoenix Ronald J. McNeeley, Jr. 1981 Davis Monthan AFB Dennis W. Robinson 2010 Three Points Ambrose Shea 1929 Phoenix Herman Peyton 1983 Parker David J. Irr 2010 Yuma Rural Metro Terry C. (Andy) Anderson 1932 Kingman Ricky S. Pearce 1984 Phoenix Alexander (Alex) Kelley 2010 LifeNet 12 Eddie Koury 1946 Holbrook David Russell Franks 1984 Phoenix Parker W. Summons 2010 LifeNet 12 Fred L. Van Camp 1946 Tucson Samuel M. McAnally 1984 Tucson Brenda E. French 2010 LifeNet 12 John Owens 1947 Mesa Jack Robert Stevens 1986 Mesa Mark Vernick 2010 Southwest Ambulance Winston West 1947 Mesa Gary Robert Peters 1987 Mesa Deon (Dino) Jason Classay 2011 U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs Herb Reggin 1956 Prescott Richard Y. Garza 1987 Willcox Anthony Ramon Polk 2012 U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs Charles (Chuck) Cochrane 1961 U.S. Forest Service Ronald J. Cannon 1989 Florence Correctional Center Brad Harper 2013 Phoenix Arthur G. Goodnow 1961 U.S. Forest Service Ernie Cachini 1989 U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs Andrew Ashcraft 2013 Prescott Constantine (Corky) Kodz 1961 U.S. Forest Service James D. Martz, Jr. 1989 Eloy Robert Caldwell 2013 Prescott Dean (Red) Marshall 1970 Rural Metro Sandra J. Bachman 1990 Arizona State Land Travis Carter 2013 Prescott John Spradling 1971 Rural Metro Joseph L. Chacon 1990 Arizona State Land Dustin DeFord 2013 Prescott John O. Campbell 1973 Kingman Alex S. Contreras 1990 Arizona State Land Christopher MacKenzie 2013 Prescott William L. Casson 1973 Kingman James L. Denney 1990 Arizona State Land Eric Marsh 2013 Prescott Joseph M. Chambers III 1973 Kingman James E. Ellis 1990 Arizona State Land Grant McKee 2013 Prescott M.B. (Jimmy) Cox 1973 Kingman Curtis E. Springfield 1990 Arizona State Land Sean Misner 2013 Prescott Alan H. Hansen 1973 Kingman Robert F. Million 1991 Avra Valley Scott Norris 2013 Prescott Frank S. (Butch) Henry 1973 Kingman L. Wayne Struble 1991 Williamson Valley Wade Parker 2013 Prescott Roger A. Hubka 1973 Kingman Calvin Morris 1992 Mayer John Percin, Jr. 2013 Prescott Christopher G. Sanders 1973 Kingman Michael Hendricks 1992 Southwest Ambulance Anthony Rose 2013 Prescott Arthur C. Stringer 1973 Kingman Timothy J. Hale 1994 Phoenix Jesse Steed 2013 Prescott Donald G. Webb 1973 Kingman Ronald Erwin Holmgreen 1994 Lake Havasu Joe Thurston 2013 Prescott Richard Lee Williams 1973 Kingman Michelle Smith 1996 U.S. Forest Service Travis Turbyfill 2013 Prescott Randolf J. Potts 1974 Phoenix Jesse D. Gates 1997 U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs William (Billy) Warneke 2013 Prescott Lester Hillis 1974 Glendale Leo A. Stevens 1997 U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs Clayton Whitted 2013 Prescott Walter D. Kelson 1977 Phoenix Jerry David Donahue 1998 U.S. Forest Service Kevin Woyjeck 2013 Prescott Chauncey E. Ray 1977 Phoenix Charles Franklin Key 1998 U.S. Forest Service Garret Zuppiger 2013 Prescott Floyd Eugene Mason 1977 Peoria Joseph E. Juliano 1998 U.S.M.C. – Yuma Air Station Thomas R. (Tom) Quesnel 2014 Tucson Edward H. Bell 1979 Tucson Daniel H. Yanklin 2000 U.S.M.C. – Yuma Air Station John F. Jayne 2014 Mesa Dale R. Lockett 1979 Phoenix Bret R. Tarver 2001 Phoenix Bobby Mollere 2014 Hellsgate 24 25 William H. Katzenstein - 1902, Tucson John Owens, Winston West - 1947, Mesa William Katzenstein was preventing a crowd from looting the scene of a burning store when he went to remove the cap John Owens and Winston West were rushing to respond to a fire alarm when their truck collided with a sedan. Both from a fire plug. There, he was fatally shot by a disgruntled man. A police officer as well as a member of the Tucson men, volunteers, were thrown from the truck and died. Owens had been an electrician with the City of Mesa, and Department at the time of his death, Katzenstein was a proud assistant engineer. was known to his friends at the Fire Department as Owens’ “right-hand man.”

Jack Boleyn - 1910, Tucson Herb Reggin - 1956, Prescott Jack Boleyn, a volunteer , died from injuries sustained when he was pinned by a heavy timber that fell when Herb Reggin, Assistant Fire Chief of the , died of complications from injuries sustained at a store roof collapsed during the blaze he was fighting. He was scalded by hundreds of gallons of hot water. Boleyn the scene of an automobile fire. Formerly, he had been Chief of the same Fire Department before serving his country organized Tucson’s first fire department in 1890, and he became its first captain three years later, continuing as head during World War II as the chief at Luke Field and the chief at the Yuma Air Base. of the volunteers after his retirement and in command of a small squad when he died. Charles (Chuck) Cochrane - 1961, U.S. Forest Service J.D. Sullivan, Ambrose Shea - 1929, Phoenix Chuck Cochrane, a pilot of an aerial tanker, died when his converted World War II torpedo bomber developed engine While responding to a fire in a commercial building, J.D. Sullivan and Ambrose Shea’s fire truck was struck by an- trouble while Cochrane was dropping fire-extinguishing solution on a fire east of Payson. The tanker crashed into a other fire truck being driven to the same scene. Sullivan was thrown from the front seat of the open-cab truck, and ridge, and Cochrane was killed. Shea was thrown from the back tailboard; both suffered fatal injuries, the first deaths experienced by the . Sullivan, a captain, had enjoyed a distinguished career as a fireman for thirteen years, first with Phoenix, Arthur G. Goodnow, Constantine (Corky) Kodz - 1961, U.S. Forest Service then as a fire chief in Mesa and then again in Phoenix, being so dedicated that he lived at Central Station. Shea, a Pilot Arthur Goodnow and fire spotter Corky Kodz were killed when their single-engine Cessna 180 “spotter plane” hoseman, was a gifted baseball player who had been slated to begin as a Major League catcher a few months later. brushed wings with another “spotter plane” above a lightning fire burning on the rugged Mogollon Rim and plummeted into the forest. Terry C. (Andy) Anderson - 1932, Kingman Members of Kingman’s volunteer fire department loaded into their fire truck and were engaged in a drill when the han- Dean (Red) Marshall - 1970, Rural Metro dle being gripped by Andy Anderson broke, propelling him to the pavement. Described by many as one of the town’s Fire Chief Dean Marshall, known as “Red,” was engaged in fighting a large fire in Tucson involving a 750-gallon most beloved citizens and by his friends as a “scrapper,” he succumbed to his injuries. propane truck when he suffered a massive heart attack and died.

Eddie Koury - 1946, Holbrook John Spradling - 1971, Rural Metro Eddie Koury, a U.S. Army veteran, joined the volunteer Holbrook Fire Department at a banquet one evening, and an John Spradling died when the driver of a car failed to yield to an oncoming tanker truck being driven by Spradling with hour later, he was called from dinner to fight his first fire. There, while playing a stream of water on the blaze, he fell its sirens sounding and its lights flashing in response to an automobile fire. In the collision, Spradling was killed when from a ladder and died from the injuries. he was thrown from the cab of the truck. He had been with the Scottsdale Rural Fire Protection Company for ten years and was its first fatality. Fred L. Van Camp - 1946, Tucson As Fred Van Camp, an eight-year Tucson firefighter, was making sure that he had extinguished the fire in a garbage John O. Campbell, William L. Casson, Joseph M. Chambers III, M.B. (Jimmy) truck, the driver of the truck, unaware of the fireman’s presence, lowered the truck’s body onto Van Camp, killing him. Cox, Alan H. Hansen, Frank S. (Butch) Henry, Roger A. Hubka, Christopher G. Sanders, Arthur C. Stringer, Donald G. Webb, Richard Lee Williams - 1973, Kingman Eleven acclaimed firefighters, two members and nine volunteers of the Kingman Fire Department died as a result of a disastrous fire and explosion that ripped apart a railroad tanker car filled with propane gas as it was being off-loaded.

• John Campbell was an assistant public works director for the City of Kingman as well as a volunteer member 6 of the Fire Department.

We Will Risk Our Lives a Lot, • William Casson, whose sons became volunteer firefighters with the Kingman Fire Department, was a Kingman native and World War II veteran, the district manager of the electric division of a local utilities company, and in a Calculated Manner, Captain Number One in the Fire Department, having been an assistant chief and chief. • Joe Chambers, a Kingman native, a grandson of one of the area’s first firefighters, and the owner and operator of to Save Savable Lives. a local gas station, was a volunteer with sixteen years’ service with the Fire Department and the rank of lieutenant.

26 27 • Jimmy Cox, a veteran stationed in Kingman for much of his time with the Army Air Corps, stayed in Kingman Edward H. Bell - 1979, Tucson to work and raise his family. He served twenty-two years as a volunteer with the Fire Department, Edward Bell died of injuries to his heart after he inhaled chemical fumes when he fought the “Corvette the last years as assistant chief. Corner Fire.”

• Alan Hansen, a veteran of the U.S. Army, was a patrolman with the Arizona Department of Public Safety as well Dale R. Lockett - 1979, Phoenix as serving with the Fire Department. He died of burns sustained trying to help an unconscious firefighter. Dale Lockett was fighting a roaring house fire, ventilating the attic when the roof collapsed, trapping him. Despite rescue efforts, paramedics could not revive him. • Butch Henry, the manager of a local trucking company, was a seven-year volunteer with the Kingman Fire Department. He also was the son of a thirty-year veteran of the same Fire Department, and his nephew later David R. Deary - 1979, Sierra Vista became a career firefighter and Assistant Chief for that Fire Department. David Deary fell several hundred feet to his death while attempting to rescue two men who had fallen at Carr Canyon Falls. He was a firefighter and emergency medical technician, and the first Cochise County firefighter to die in the • Roger Hubka, the newly married service manager of a tire company, was a volunteer with the Fire Department. line of duty, but a fellow firefighter said of him that “he died doing what he loved to do” because his life revolved around his profession. • Chris Sanders had been an engineer with the Fire Department for two years, having served for several years as a volunteer. He also was the executive director of Mohave Big Brothers. Before agreeing to be evacuated Edward J. Gaicki - 1980, Tempe for treatment of the burns to which he later succumbed, he bravely worked at the scene to assist others to receive Edward Gaicki, a six-year firefighter and paramedic, had gone into a commercial building to search for people and treatment, including helping people into an ambulance and then helping another person drive the vehicle to the fight a massive four-alarm blaze when the roof collapsed on him, and he died. He had been nominated for the hospital carrying victims burnt less severely than he. Tempe Jaycees’ Outstanding Young Firefighter Award of the Year just five days before his death.

• Art Stringer, a Vietnam veteran whose father was a volunteer with the Fire Department and severely burned Ronald J. McNeeley, Jr. - 1981, Davis Monthan AFB in the same incident had been a volunteer engineer for one month. Airman First Class Ronald J. McNeeley died during an aircraft training incident in a halon-related accident.

• Donald Webb was the owner and manager of a service station and a volunteer member of the Fire Department. Herman Peyton - 1983, Parker His son later became a firefighter who now serves as a Captain with the Tucson Fire Department. Herman Peyton, an active firefighter, lost his life protecting a town he loved and served for many years.

• Lee Williams, a veteran of the U.S. Navy whose son became a career firefighter, was the principal of the Ricky S. Pearce - 1984, Phoenix Kingman High School and a volunteer member of the Fire Department. Ricky Pearce, an engineer and HazMat technician, was working with the Phoenix Fire Department’s Hazardous Materials Team at a petroleum company when a large tank of toluene exploded and killed Pearce, who had been Randolf J. (Randy) Potts - 1974, Phoenix attempting to reach a fallen worker trapped in a tank. Ricky’s son continued his father’s service by joining the At a three-alarm blaze, Randy Potts was mounting a ladder against the side of a warehouse when the roof collapsed, Phoenix Fire Department. causing the brick walls to fall and crush him. Potts was a former Marine, a veteran of Vietnam. David Russell Franks - 1984, Phoenix Lester Hillis - 1974, Glendale David Franks, a firefighter and paramedic, had just left his shift when his car was hit by Fire engineer Lester Hillis was responding to an automobile accident when the fire truck in which he was riding was a truck. The accident was witnessed by many of his colleagues who rushed to his side hit by a car although the truck was using its lights and sirens. The fire truck overturned, and Hillis died from the but were unable to revive him. This incident prompted the establishment of the Phoenix injuries he sustained. It was the first fatality suffered by the Glendale Fire Department. Fire Department’s Critical Incident Stress Management Program, and John C. Lincoln Hospital inaugurated the annual David R. Franks Memorial Award to recognize Walter D. Kelson, Chauncey E. Ray - 1977, Phoenix extraordinary performance of others in Emergency Medicine as chosen by their peers. Walter Kelson, a U.S. Navy veteran, and Chauncey Ray swam into Lake Pleasant to save youngsters on a raft who were in trouble approximately 200 feet from shore. The children were saved, but Kelson and Ray were overcome by Samuel M. McAnally - 1984, Tucson the cold water and the distance. Ray’s son continued his father’s service by joining the Phoenix Fire Department. After fifteen years of service, Samuel McAnally died of a burst aneurysm while on duty. In 1969, he had been selected as the top recruit when Floyd Eugene Mason - 1977, Peoria he graduated from Tucson Fire Department training. A long-time volunteer with the Peoria Fire Department, Gene Mason undertook to rescue a cat trapped on top of a pole. Mason had reached and was trying to grab the cat when power from a line knocked him to the ground, an injury from which he died. The manager of a garage and former town councilman as well as holder of other civic positions, Mason had been a member of the Fire Department for twenty-three years.

28 29 Jack Robert Stevens - 1986, Mesa Robert F. Million - 1991, Avra Valley Jack Stevens was fatally injured when a loaded dump truck slammed into his ladder truck. He was a ten-year veteran Robert Million had responded to a house fire, participating in an exterior fire attack by advancing hose lines and of the Fire Department. cleanup. Shortly thereafter, having returned to the fire house, he suffered the cardiac arrest from which he died.

Gary Robert Peters - 1987, Mesa L. Wayne Struble - 1991, Williamson Valley Captain Gary Peters died while trying to rescue a friend during a fishing outing. Wayne Struble suffered a fatal heart attack after returning from a fire.

Richard Y. Garza - 1987, Willcox Calvin Morris - 1992, Mayer A member of the Willcox Volunteer Fire Department, Richard Garza was flagging down a vehicle while helping victims Calvin Morris joined the Mayer Fire Department after having served with the New York Fire Department because of an automobile accident when he was killed by that vehicle. He had become a volunteer firefighter the year before he wanted to live in and serve a small community. He suffered a heart attack when he joined fellow firefighters in after having been a junior volunteer since the time he was old enough to join the program. carrying a victim of a gunshot wound up an incline to a waiting medical helicopter. The Calvin Morris Humanitarian Award was created in his name. Ronald J. Cannon - 1989, Florence Correctional Center Ron Cannon was a trained correctional officer and firefighter who lost his life assisting in the protection of others. Michael Hendricks - 1992, Southwest Ambulance Michael Hendricks was killed while transporting a patient in an ambulance. The driver of the vehicle was trying to avoid an oncoming vehicle that had crossed into their lane. He was a proud charter member of the International Ernie Cachini - 1989, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs Association of Firefighters Local I-60. The Zuni Fire Crew was fighting a fire in the Mogollon Rim country when a weather front moved in with lightning and rain. Ernie Cachini, age 19, was killed by a lightning strike as he was approaching the original Zane Grey cabin. Timothy J. Hale - 1994, Phoenix Engineer Tim Hale was unloading a gurney from the back of an ambulance when a truck driven by a drunken man James C. Martz, Jr. - 1989, Eloy slammed into and killed him. His father was a captain with the Glendale Fire Department, and his son continues When he died, James Martz had only months before joined the Eloy Fire District after having been a Southwest their service as a Phoenix firefighter. Ambulance paramedic for several years.. Ronald Erwin Holmgreen - 1994, Lake Havasu Sandra J. Bachman, Joseph L. Chacon, Alex S. Contreras, James L. Denney, Firefighter and emergency medical technician Ron Holmgreen suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after a fire James E. Ellis, Curtis E. Springfield - 1990, Arizona State Land department drill. He was a U.S. Navy veteran who had served in Vietnam. These six brave individuals died fighting a massive blaze started by lightning in a subdivision of numerous cabins in the Tonto National Forest near Payson. They were overcome by “a tidal wave of fire” that consumed more than Michelle Smith - 1996, U.S. Forest Service nine square miles of wild land. Sandra Bachman was an administrator at the Perryville Correctional Center. Michelle Smith, a member of the Globe Hot Shots firefighting team, died of heat exhaustion and dehydration during her daily 2.5-mile training run.

Jesse Gates, Leo A. Stevens - 1997, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs Pilot Jesse Gates and firefighter Leo Stevens died in the crash of a fire reconnaissance airplane on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation.

6 Jerry David Donahue, Charles Franklin Key - 1998, U.S. Forest Service Pilot Jerry David Donahue and co-pilot Charles Franklin Key were killed as a result of the crash of their aircraft while We Will Risk Our Lives a Little, they were engaged in fighting a wildland fire. As the tanker was preparing to release its load of fire retardant, it hit in a Calculated Manner, trees, crashed and burned. Joseph E. Juliano - 1998, U.S. Marine Corps – Yuma Air Station to Save Savable Property. Lance Corporal Joseph Juliano was a committed Marine and firefighter. He trained to be a HazMat firefighter, then became an aircraft firefighting and rescue specialist, and finished his exams for firefighting at the top of his class. He died in an automobile accident during a training exercise.

Daniel H. Yanklin - 2000, U.S. Marine Corps – Yuma Air Station Lance Corporal Daniel Yanklin was checking his Airport Rescue Firefighting vehicle. As part of the pump test, he was flowing a handline when he was struck and killed by another ARFF vehicle. 30 31 Bret R. Tarver - 2001, Phoenix Gary Dean Archibeque - 2004, Show Low Bret Tarver lost his life while battling a five-alarm blaze at a shopping center. After extensively searching through the Gary Dean Archibeque, a reserve firefighter, was participating in a fuels-reduction program, helping residents clear main store, the storage area and the front of the supermarket, Tarver began running low on air, became disoriented brush from their land, and chipping and hauling away brush and trees. Archibeque was the crew leader for chipper and incapacitated by the smoke. The conditions inside the structure were extreme, and although Tarver was rescued, operations when he suffered a fatal heart attack. he subsequently died from the injuries he had incurred. Robert (Bob) Kotowski - 2005, Flagstaff Carl William Shoemaker - 2001, Mesa Bob Kotowski began his career as a Flagstaff firefighter in 1981, becoming captain in 1985. An avid cowboy Engineer Carl Shoemaker was injured when a loaded dump truck slammed into his ladder truck. He later died of those and fisherman, he later succumbed to cancer caused by twenty-four years as a dedicated Flagstaff firefighter. injuries. When he was injured, he was pursuing a degree in fire science. As his family frequently said, Shoemaker absolutely loved being a fireman known for saying “and they pay us for this!” Valeree S. Claude - 2005, Pinetop Firefighter and Emergency Medical Technician Valeree Claude unexpectedly died in her sleep while on duty. Darrell Dean (Ricky) Thomas - 2001, Somerton/Cocopah She had worked as a reserve firefighter, but having proved herself, she was hired only months later as a full-time Ricky Thomas, a member of the Cocopah Nation, dedicated his career to service as an Emergency Medical Technician firefighter, which gave her great pride. and firefighter as well as working as a Cocopah Tribal Police Officer. He was filling the water tank on his brush truck when he suffered a fatal heart attack. Corey Earl Lawton - 2006, Gila River Corey Earl Lawton was not only a battalion chief for the Gila River Fire Department, he also was a paramedic and Thomas A. Johnson - 2001, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs hazardous-material technician, and he worked for the Eloy, Casa Grande and Ak-Chin Fire Departments. Lawton Thomas Johnson loved the forest, and he loved his job as a wildland firefighter for the Branch of Forestry of the U.S. succumbed to lymphoma after years of exposure to toxic smoke while fighting fires. Bureau of Indian Affairs Fort Apache Agency. Having served in many positions, many of which were as a leader and supervisor, he was protecting the reservation from fire when he sustained the injuries that took his life – but not before Jeffrey N. Lown - 2007, Southwest Ambulance he saved the lives of others by stopping them from coming into the hazardous area. Paramedic Jeff Lown died of complications from pneumonia due to a staph-driven infection acquired in the course of his service. He had worked as a firefighter and paramedic in Michigan for five years, moved to Phoenix in Randall Bonito, Jr. , Jess Pearce - 2003, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs 2006 and was known as a mentor and friend to many younger paramedics. Pilot Jess Pearce was operating a helicopter, flying a crew to fight a wilderness fire. As a firefighter dismounted the helicopter, he heard a knocking noise. As the helicopter returned to the drop-off point, it was observed to be flying Mark Stevens Carter - 2007, Phoenix slowly and at a low altitude. It then crashed, and Pearce and firefighter Randall Bonito Jr. were killed upon impact. Engineer Mark Carter suddenly died of cardiac arrest when returning to his after lunch with his crew. His crew and a civilian came to his aid but were unable to revive him. John Attardo, Carl G. Dolbeare - 2003, U.S. Forest Service Pilot Carl Dolbeare and co-pilot John Attardo, both career firefighting pilots, were killed when their air tanker crashed Keith Dawson - 2008, Flagstaff while they were returning to the San Bernardino Air Tanker Base after firefighting duties in Arizona. A Marine and former Flagstaff police officer, Keith Dawson became a proud member of the Flagstaff Fire Department. He died of cancer due to exposure to hazardous materials and toxic smoke while executing his firefighting duties. Richard Glenn (Rick) Lupe - 2003, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs Lead Forestry Technician Rick Lupe was assisting with a prescribed burn on Apache Tribal land, conducting recon- John Delaney - 2008, Mesa naissance of the area. A short time later, there was extreme fire behavior, and Lupe advised other firefighters to take Fire Captain John Delaney, a candidate for Battalion Chief, died of a cardiac refuge. Meanwhile, the fire advanced quickly and overcame Lupe. Although he was able to walk out of the area, arrest in his office after a twenty-three-year career with the Mesa Fire Department. Lupe died as a result of complications from his burns. Douglas Falconer - 2008, Arizona Department of Corrections Tammy Renae Mundell - 2004, Southwest Ambulance Correctional Officer Douglas Falconer suffered a fatal heart attack while Emergency Medical Technician Tammy Mundell died when she was transporting an inmate and a corrections officer overseeing an inmate firefighting crew under contract with the U.S. Fish to a hospital. At an intersection, a collision occurred in which Tammy, who was soon due to have a baby, was killed. and Wildlife Service. The crew was fighting a wildfire in the Havasu National Wildlife Refuge when Falconer collapsed. Doreen Renee Johnson - 2004, Southwest Ambulance Flight Medic Doreen Renee Johnson died in a medical helicopter accident while on call. A dedicated paramedic Mark McNeal-DeBarber - 2009, Flagstaff who had completed her EMT courses during her senior year of high school, she also loved to cook for several of Firefighter and paramedic Mark McNeal-DeBarber died after the fire stations where she served. struggling with a rare form of cancer related to his firefighting activities, thus ending the service of the twenty-eight-year veteran of the Flagstaff Fire Department. 32 33 Eric Allan Tinkham - 2009, Queen Creek French had begun her career as an Emergency Medical Technician with the Sunsites-Pearce Fire Department. Captain Eric Tinkham, an original Queen Creek firefighter when the department was founded in 2008, died while She then obtained her paramedic and firefighter certifications before joining LifeNet as a flight paramedic. on duty at his . He had worked as a firefighter for twenty-four years. Summons, an experienced and dedicated nurse and avid outdoorsman, was supposed to have been off duty that day. Frank J. Molina - 2009, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Frank Molina died of cancer after having spent twenty-plus years in the fire service, more than half as Battalion Chief / Mark Vernick - 2010, Southwest Ambulance Fire Marshal for the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. So devoted was he to serving his community that Mark Vernick died when the motorcycle he was driving was struck by a truck. The Emergency Medical Technician he also was a paramedic, a certified fire inspector, a fire instructor, a fire investigator, a member of the International was reporting for the second half of a double shift, thereby ending his dream of becoming a paramedic. Association of Arson Investigators and of the National Native American Fire Chiefs Association, and an Arizona Certified Specialty Peace Officer. Deon (Dino) Jason Classay - 2011, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs The Fort Apache Hot Shot Crew was assigned to a lightning-caused fire in a remote location on the Fort Apache Dennis W. Robinson - 2010, Three Points Indian Reservation. When containment efforts were complete, the firefighters were grouped into squads for a hike Captain Dennis Robinson served the communities of Avra Valley, Picture Rocks and Three Points as a firefighter. up the steep, heavily wooded terrain. Classay then was found to have died. After serving in the U.S. Army in Vietnam, he began his service as the Avra Department mechanic who kept the trucks running before joining the Department as a firefighter. Robinson later left Avra Valley to join the Anthony Ramon Polk - 2012, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs Three Points Fire Department, serving as the training captain until his death. Anthony Polk was killed when his rolled over in rough terrain as he and his crew were traveling to battle a fire on the Baboquivari Mountain Range in the Tohono O’odham Nation. Polk was a member of the San David J. Irr - 2010, Yuma Rural Metro Carlos Apache Tribe and a descendant of the Quechan Tribe of Fort Yuma, his native names being Two Feathers Captain and paramedic David Irr had served with Yuma Rural Metro for more than twenty-four years when he died in and Morning Dancer at Sunrise. When he died, he was a fire operations and fuels technician for the Bureau of his sleep while on duty. A Yuma native and passionate Eagle Scout who had attended Northern Arizona University, Indian Affairs at the Fort Yuma Agency and a wildland fire engine boss during his final assignment. Irr worked for the Yuma Ambulance Service and the Flagstaff Ambulance Service while in college. Returning to Yuma, he joined Rural Metro and also worked as an estimator for a construction company. Bradley C. Harper - 2013, Phoenix Units were trying to pass on a narrow dirt road in response to a major mulch fire. While dressing out at the side Brenda Elaine French, Alexander (Alex) Kelley, Parker W. Summons - of the rig, Harper was pinned by another truck and died from his injuries. He had been with the Phoenix Fire 2010, LifeNet 12 Department for only two years. Pilot Alex Kelley, paramedic Brenda French and flight nurse Parker Summons died when their LifeNet medical helicopter crashed due to an engine-maintenance problem, falling 600 feet in eight seconds before it hit a fence Andrew Ashcraft, Robert Caldwell, Travis Carter, Dustin DeFord, Christopher and the ground. MacKenzie, Eric Marsh, Grant Quinn McKee, Sean Misner, Scott Norris, Wade Parker, John Percin, Jr, Anthony Rose, Jesse Steed, Joe Thurston, Kelley, with more than forty years of experience, had learned to fly his first helicopter in the U.S. Army and had flown Travis Turbyfill, William (Billy) Warneke, Clayton Whitted, Kevin Woyjeck, helicopters in Vietnam and elsewhere overseas as well as for the U.S. Border Patrol’s air operations unit. He had Garret Zuppiger - 2013, Prescott retired from his position as Supervisor of the Air National Guard’s Tucson Air Operations before flying for LifeNet. Nineteen members of the Granite Mountain Interagency Hot Shot Crew hosted by the Prescott Fire Department died Kelley, in the last moments before the crash, had managed to steer the helicopter away from houses. on June 30, 2013, when overcome fighting the mammoth Yarnell Hill wildfire. The wildfire had begun two days earlier with lightning strikes, and it was not contained for another ten days. Thunderstorm outflows constantly changed the intensity and direction of the fire, and it advanced rapidly, eventually consuming thirteen square miles. It was the deadliest wildfire in Arizona and the sixth deadliest wildfire in the United States.

6 • Andrew Ashcraft was a third-year sawyer. He had become a Hot Shot in 2011, earning the Rookie of the Year award. He had dreamt of being a firefighter since he was a boy, and he loved every second of his time We Will Not Risk Our Lives on the crew.

at all for Lives or Property • Robert Caldwell, a former youth pastor, had fought fires for five seasons. He was one of the three squad that are Already Lost. bosses. His cousin and fellow Hot Shot, Grant McKee, died with him. • Travis Carter was one of the three squad bosses. His firefighting career began in 2005 when he became a Prescott National Forest Hot Shot, working on the Rodeo-Chediski Fire and many others until 2009 when he was chosen to be among the Granite Mountain Hot Shots. 34 35 • Dustin DeFord, age 24, had been a firefighter since he was 18, working through college and after for the Carter • Travis Turbyfill, known as “Turby” among the crew, began his career as a wildland firefighter one year after and Mitigation Crew in Montana. His ambition, though, was to be a Hot Shot, and he was thrilled graduating from high school. He then served in the Marine Corps before resuming his career as a firefighter when he was accepted by the Granite Mountain Hot Shots in April 2013. A younger brother is a member of in 2011 with the Granite Mountain Hot Shots. an Alaska Hot Shot crew. • Billy Warneke, who knew fellow Hot Shot Chris MacKenzie when they were children, joined the Marine Corps • Chris MacKenzie, who knew fellow Hot Shot Billy Warneke when they were children, followed his father into after high school. He deployed twice during his four years as a Marine, including a tour in Iraq. After he left the firefighting service. His adventure began when he applied to be a seasonal firefighter with the U.S. Forest Service, service in 2009, he attended the Fire Science Academy, earned his associate of applied science degree in fire and served on a crew in the San Jacinto National Forest. He went on to serve on a helicopter crew for the U.S. science and joined the Granite Mountain Hot Shots in April 2013. Bureau of Land Management and the Mill Creek Hot Shots in the San Bernardino National Forest. MacKenzie was invited to apply to the Granite Mountain Hot Shots and had just started his third season with them as a • Clayton Whitted accepted a position with the Prescott Hot Shots, pursuing a longtime dream of becoming a lead crew member. firefighter. When his mother became ill, he became a youth minister before resuming his career by starting with the Granite Mountain Hot Shots in 2008. During the Yarnell Hill wildfire, he was one of the three squad bosses. • Eric Marsh became “hooked on firefighting” while in college when he joined a U.S. Forest Service crew. He worked for several years with the Globe Hot Shots out of the Tonto National Forest before joining the Prescott • Kevin Woyjeck was following in the footsteps of his family; his father was a captain with the Los Angeles County Fire Department in 2003. He was a certified city and wildland firefighter, and an instrumental part of the Granite Fire Department where his two uncles also served as firefighters. After working for several years as a firefighter, Mountain Hot Shots. The oldest of the nineteen who died, he was the superintendent of the crew, known to refer he joined a Hot Shot team in South Dakota. In April 2013, he excitedly joined the Granite Mountain Hot Shots. to the Hot Shots as his “kids.” He also had training as an Emergency Medical Technician.

• Grant McKee, a cousin of fellow Hot Shot Robert Caldwell, had just received his certification as an Emergency • Garret Zuppiger was extremely proud and excited to be accepted as a member of the Granite Mountain Hot Medical Technician when he joined the Hot Shots. Shots for the 2012 season, having had no background or prior experience in fire fighting. During his rookie season, he attended wildfire training school and was given The Fire Boots Award for being first in his class. • Sean Misner’s passion was to be a firefighter like his great-grandfather, grandfather, uncles and a cousin. He worked in Prescott Valley as a line technician for an aviation company until he became a Hot Shot in April 2013. Thomas Robert (Tom) Quesnel - 2014, Tucson Tom Quesnel died of leukemia after twenty-five years of service with the Tucson Fire Department, the last twenty • Scott Daniel Norris, a sawyer, had just joined the Hot Shots after four years with a U.S. Forest Service Hot Shot of which were as an arson investigator accompanied by his cherished K-9 partners. The Tucson native also crew in Payson. served four years in the U.S. Coast Guard.

• Wade Parker, proud to be a second-generation firefighter, joined the Hot Shots in 2012. He was named Rookie John F. Jayne - 2014, Mesa of the Year his first season. John Jayne contracted chronic leukemia and B-Cell Lymphoma after working for the Mesa Fire Department for thirty-four years. Jayne was known for his incredible work ethic and his sincere compassion for people • John Percin, Jr., moved to Prescott in 2010 and worked part-time to earn money to attend the Arizona Wildfire because he loved his job and loved serving the people of Mesa. Academy, which he did two years later. He then achieved his dream of becoming a Granite Mountain Hot Shot. Bobby Mollere - 2014, Hellsgate • Anthony Rose was hired as a firefighter in Crown King at age 18, eventually becoming a captain. During one While engaged in the annual wildland pack test training exercise, Lt. Bobby Mollere suffered fire, he was impressed by how hard a Hot Shot crew was working to save his town, and in 2012, he joined the a fatal cardiac arrest. He was a reserve firefighter and a part-time mechanic for the fire Granite Mountain Hot Shots. department. He also had been one of a team of Hellsgate firefighters who worked on the , spending two weeks fighting the deadly blaze the year before. • Jesse Steed joined the Marine Corps for four years before he joined the U.S. Forest Service. He then worked on the Prescott Hot Shot, Helitack and engine crews until he became a part of the Granite Mountain Hot Shots in 2009. At the Yarnell Hill wildfire, he was the crew captain or second in command after Superintendent Eric Marsh.

• Joe Thurston moved to Prescott in 2005 and served as a volunteer Emergency Medical Technician and a wildland firefighter before joining the Hot Shots in 2011. When off-duty, he relaxed by playing the drums in a local rock band.

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In the 1990s, State Representative Jenny Norton introduced successful legislation creating the Firefighters & Emergency Paramedics Memorial Commission. This Commission had two purposes: to review and approve tuition waivers at Arizona community colleges and universities for children of firefighters and paramedics who died in the line of duty, and to build a statewide firefighter memorial. The Governor appoints the Commission Chair and the Chair appoints Commission members, some of whom are defined in legislation. Burt Drucker was an early Chair of this Commission with Rick DeGraw being appointed by Governor Napolitano and continuing under Governors Brewer and Ducey.

In May 2013, Governor Brewer signed House Bill 2136, sponsored by Representative Bob Robson, authorizing construction of a statewide memorial on Wesley Bolin Plaza to commemorate the loss of firefighters and paramedics in Arizona since 1902. Arizona was one of only nine states without a statewide memorial. This will be one of only a handful of state memorials commemorating wildland firefighters, paramedics, volunteers and professional firefighters.

Members of the Arizona Firefighters & Emergency Paramedics Memorial Commission worked with the Arizona Department of Administration, the Governmental Mall Commission, the Arizona Historical Commission and Firefighters Charities to prepare for construction beginning February 2015 with completion in October 2015. Numerous public meetings and presentations were held to create the final design for the memorial.

A website, www.azfirefightersmemorial.com, was established and plans approved by the Governmental Mall Commission and the Arizona Historical Commission. McCarthy Building Companies, Smith Group LLC, Coe & Van Loo, MRT Design and other groups donated time and funds toward creating the memorial.

Two Arizona sculptors created ten life-size bronzes as part of the memorial – Rusty Bowers from the East Valley and Paul Olesniewicz from Tucson - including wildland firefighters, paramedics, volunteers and professional firefighters, male and female, and representing Arizona’s cultural diversity.

Fundraising took more than three years to raise $1.7 million. Donations were tax deductible through Phoenix Firefighter Charities. More than fifty corporate entities committed more than a million dollars and in-kind and individual contributions accounted for close to $500,000. Perpetual maintenance funds were established with the State to maintain the site and with the Professional Fire Fighters of Arizona to engrave additional names as needed. No public or taxpayer funds were utilized.

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