SEATTLE – The Seattle Fire Department will gather to honor Seattle Fire Captain Craig Aman, who is among the 103 firefighters nationally being memorialized for line of duty deaths in 2018.
The local ceremony coincides with the 37th Annual National Fallen Firefighter Memorial weekend held at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland. During the National Fallen Firefighter Memorial weekend, firefighters from around the country pay tribute to those courageous firefighters who made the ultimate sacrifice.
The event will take place in front of the Seattle Fallen Firefighters Memorial, which honors all Seattle firefighters who have died in the line of duty. The memorial was inspired by the four firefighters who died in the 1995 Mary Pang Warehouse Fire.
Rich in firefighter tradition, the ceremony will begin and end with the presentation of colors by the Walter Kilgore Memorial Honor Guard. The Seattle Firefighters Pipes and Drums band will play several musical selections and there will be short speeches by Mayor Jenny Durkan, Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda, Seattle Fire Chief Harold Scoggins, Local 27 President Lieutenant Kenny Stuart, Local 2898 President Deputy Chief Tom Walsh and Fire Department Chaplain Joel Ingebritson.
What: 2018 Fallen Firefighter Memorial
Who: Seattle Fire Captain Craig Aman will be added to the memorial
When: Friday, Oct. 5 from 9-9:30 a.m.
Where: Fallen Firefighter Memorial, Occidental Square