By Leila Merrill
FireRescue1
WASHINGTON — Members of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus presented 144 U.S. flags that have flown over the U.S. Capitol to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation in a ceremony Wednesday morning.
D.C. Fire and EMS hosted the flag ceremony.
The flags will be given to the families of 79 firefighters who died in the line of duty in 2022 plus 65 who died in previous years. The families will receive the flags at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service on May 7, in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
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