Calgary's Fallen Firefighters

Calgary has lost 58 firefighters in the line of duty, nine during active firefighting and 49 due to illnesses related to firefighting. To honour our city’s fallen firefighters, the Calgary Fire Department and their Honour Guard hold an annual ceremony on the second Tuesday in September at the City of Calgary Municipal Building, in the Police Officers and Firefighters Tribute Plaza.

To pay tribute to Calgary’s police officers and firefighters who have lost their lives in the line of duty, the Police Officers and Firefighters Tribute Plaza opened in Jan. 2006 in front of Calgary’s Municipal Building on Macleod Trail. The most striking feature of the Plaza is the three-story-tall monument Walls of Memory/Lantern of Light which features stone-clad walls covered in historic photographs at the base of a tower of steel and coloured glass that opens to the sky.​​​​​​​

• Hugh McShane, Firefighter
  4 years of service
  Apparatus accident, Nov. 17, 1923
• Arthur Simmons, Captain
  37 years of service
  Union Packing Plant fire, Dec. 30, 1948
• Norman Cocks, Firefighter
  4 years of service
  Training accident, May 8, 1962
• Lloyd Dutnall, Lieutenant
  18 years of service
  Calgary Stockyards fire, Sept. 6, 1970
• Harold Smith, Lieutenant
  26 years of service
  McTavish Block fire, May 26, 1971
• Jerald Walter, Firefighter
  1 years of service
  Beachcomber Night Club fire, April 19, 1972
• David Allan, Firefighter
  21 years of service
  Apparatus accident, Aug. 25, 1976
• George R. Look, Firefighter
  1 years of service
  Manchester Racquet Club fire, Jan. 1, 1981
• Arthur Scotten, Captain
  29 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Dec. 3, 1985
• Morley James, Senior Firefighter
  17 years of service
  Forest Lawn Hotel fire, July 13, 1992
• Ron J. Renard, Captain
  30 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, July 2, 1998
• Donald G. Kennedy, Lieutenant
  23 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Feb. 16, 1989
• Kenneth D. Moody, Division Chief
  37 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Sept. 14, 1999
• Maurice Simonin, Division Chief
  36 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, March 21, 2000
• Garry Kendall, Captain
  28 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, July 21, 2000
• Terrance Burton, Senior Firefighter
  21 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Nov. 16, 2000
• George Heming, Chief Training Officer
  33 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, June 26, 2003
• Edward Briggs, Captain
  32 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Jan. 23, 2004
• William Beattie, Deputy Chief
  35 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, May 9, 2005
• Alan H. Edwards, Captain
  32 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, May 12, 2005
• Thomas Minhinnett, Fire Chief
  37 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, June 28, 2005
• Reuben Poffenroth, District Chief
  35 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Sept. 5, 2005
• Robert Elder, Firefighter
  11 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Sept. 9, 2005
• James Symon, Captain
  31 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Nov. 24, 2005
  James Keats, Captain
  30 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, May 30, 2006

Bruce Dancy, Captain
27 years of service
Occupational Cancer, Aug. 31, 2006
Sidney Gilbert, District Chief
32 years of service
Occupational Cancer, March 15, 2007
Gordon Paul, Senior Firefighter
17 years of service
Occupational Cancer, Aug. 7, 2007
Olaf Wilson, Captain
30 years of service
Occupational Cancer, Oct. 17, 2007

• James Carrington, Division Chief
  
• 38 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Nov. 24, 2008
• C. Ronald Lindberg, Captain
  29 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, May 18, 2010
• Bruce Seitz, Captain
  32 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Aug. 11, 2010
• Robert Derrheim, Captain
  32 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, July 11, 2011
• Rik J. Taylor, Captain
  30 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, April 23, 2012
• Wayne Morris, Fire Chief
  38 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Aug. 1, 2012
• Leslie Badry, District Chief
  34 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, March 6, 2013
• Allan Anderson, Captain
  30 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, April 9, 2013
• Robert D. Moore, Captain
  30 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Aug. 11, 2013
• Henry (Hank) Goldsworthy, Captain
  33 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Sept. 7, 2013
• William McCaw, Captain
  28 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Sept. 11, 2013
• Neville Cave, District Chief
  35 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Feb. 13, 2014
• Richard Befus, District Chief
  32 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, July 31, 2014
• John McLeod, District Chief
  36 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Nov. 6, 2014
• Francois Rivest, Training Officer
  33 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Aug. 17, 2015
• Ross P. Ellison, Captain
  33 years of service
  Occupational Cancer, Oct. 9, 2016
• James Brosh, District Chief
  32 years of service
  Occupational cancer, February 20, 2017
• Paul Baker, Captain
  34 years of service
  Occupational cancer, March 17, 2017
• Donald M. McDougall, District Chief

36 years of service
Occupational cancer, May 15, 2017
Glenn G. Adams, Captain
32 years of service
Occupational cancer, December 11, 2017
David E. Rothery, District Chief
34 years of service
Occupational cancer, March 20, 2018
Douglas Robb, Division Chief
37 years of service
Occupational cancer, January 18, 2019
Daniel O. Praud, Captain
30 years of service
Occupational cancer, February 11, 2019
Gene M. Paulson, Captain
34 years of service
Occupational cancer, March 13, 2019
Vance C. Ertmoed, Captain
30 years of service
Occupational cancer, October 13, 2019
Harry W. Skakum, Senior Firefighter
26 years of service
Occupational cancer, April 9, 2020
John C. Doherty, Captain
28 years of service
Occupational cancer, May 5, 2020
Roger K. Thompson, Captain
31 years of service
Occupational cancer, May 20, 2020
Donald G. Taylor, Captain
34 years of service
Occupational cancer, May 26, 2020