Videos, photos: NFFF Memorial Weekend pays tribute to fallen firefighters
Watch footage of weekend's memorial events at Mount St. Mary's University
By FireRescue1 Staff
EMMITSBURG, Md. — Thousands of people are gathering in Emmitsburg, Md., for the 36th National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service this weekend to honor 75 firefighters who died in the line of duty in 2016 and 20 firefighters who died in previous years.
Sunday's Memorial Service will be at Mount St. Mary’s University at 10 a.m. ET and is open to the public. The Candlelight Vigil on Saturday will begin at 6:30 p.m. ET. Both services can be viewed on a live stream below.
More than 5,000 people, including families, friends, members of Congress, administration officials and firefighters are expected to attend the event.
If your department or agency would like to honor the firefighters from afar, you can:
- Lower your flag
- Sound the sirens
- Show support on social media
- Issue a proclamation
- Sign remembrance banner
For a complete list by state of fallen firefighters being honored, you can download this widget:
You can view footage and photos of the Memorial Weekend below.
NFFF Memorial Weekend 2017A look at the people and the events from Memorial Weekend 2017 at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial. Videography and editing by Greg Guise. #Firehero2017 #NFFF25th
Posted by National Fallen Firefighters Foundation on Monday, October 9, 2017
Ran into Mike Khairzada and the boys today at Little Round Top. Amazing Grace was amazing as always.
Posted by Mike Warner on Sunday, October 8, 2017
Photos from the 36th Annual National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend can be found on Flickr. We will be adding more...
Posted by National Fallen Firefighters Foundation on Monday, October 9, 2017
