BRIDGEPORT — Following the deaths of two city firefighters in July, the city’s Civil Service Commission is working on changing its hiring process for patrol officers and firefighters to grant extra points to children of public safety officers in the city who die in the line of duty.
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Children of fallen heroes may get extra points in hiring
As the final fundraising events are being planned, one on Sept. 11 at Flanagan’s Pub, 101 E. Stewart St. in Dayton, the memorial in honor of regional firefighters and paramedics who died in the line of duty is to be built soon.The $100,000 memorial is called the “Final Alarm” and is scheduled to rise in Stubbs Memorial Park in Centerville before the end of 2010.
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Our heroes finally honored
It’s been four years in the making, but the unveiling of the Macomb County Fallen Heroes Memorial is finally near.
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Fallen heroes paid respect
It’s been four years in the making, but the unveiling of the Macomb County Fallen Heroes Memorial is finally near.
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Mount Clemens memorial will pay tribute to fallen heroes
Douglas Farrington of the Delta-Cardiff Volunteer Company in Delta, PA has died as the result of an on-duty incident that occurred on 2010-08-22 00:00:00.0.
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Notice of Firefighter Fatality: Delta, PA
CRYSTAL FALLS – The fire protection millage proposal that was defeated on Aug. 3 in Crystal Falls Township will not be back on the ballot in November.
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CF fire millage not on November ballot
CRYSTAL FALLS – The fire protection millage proposal that was defeated on Aug. 3 in Crystal Falls Township will not be back on the ballot in November.
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CF fire millage not on November ballot
Chad Peterson tapped his chest, near his heart, and talked about fallen fellow Mahnomen County sheriff’s deputy Christopher Dewey: “He will always be a hero here.”
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2,000 bid farewell to a fallen Mahnomen County deputy
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. — Law enforcement officers from hundreds of agencies gathered this morning for the funeral of Christopher L. Dewey, a Mahnomen County deputy sheriff who died Aug. 9 after being shot 18 months ago. They began to fill the Living Word Christian Center parking lot in Brooklyn Park shortly after 7 a.m., four hours before the funeral service was to begin.
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Police gather for Dewey funeral
UPDATED 12:52 p.m. BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. – Family and friends remembered Christopher L. Dewey today as a hero. The 27-year-old Mahnomen County deputy sheriff, who was shot 18 months ago, was eulogized during his funeral as a person who was there when people needed him.
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UPDATED: Remembering a hero, Dewey’s family and friends reflect on deputy’s life
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