By FireRescue1 Staff
COLTON, Calif. — City council officials approved plans Tuesday to dedicate a fire station after a fallen firefighter.
Firefighter David Lodarski, a 37-year veteran, died after he was struck by a drunken driver October 2015. He was set to retire a week after he was killed, reported the Inland Empire Community News.
Lodarski joined the department in 1978, became a fire engineer in 1982 and was promoted to captain seven years later. However, due to city policy regarding family working together, he demoted himself back to an engineer so his son could join the department.
The renaming ceremony is scheduled for March 11.
“We’re excited about it,” Colton Fire Chief Tim McHargue said.
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