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| Aston Beechwood Fire Company | Herbert J. Pinkowicz, Firefighter
| DOD 4/27/1986
| Suffered a heart attack while enroute to his station for a call.
| Raymond Eusden, Chief
| DOD 5/20/2008
| Suffered a CVA while working on a fire vehicle in the station.
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| Bon Air Fire Company | John J. Coyle, Captain
| DOD 1969
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| Brookhaven Fire Company | Christopher N. Kangas, Junior Firefighter
| DOD 5/5/2002
| Struck by a vehicle while answering a call. He was riding his bicycle to the fire house.
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| Collingdale Fire Company #1 | Samuel S. Langley, Past Chief
| DOD 12/2/1916
| Died from Pneumonia 4 days after being drenched while fighting a fire. He was 37 years old
| William L. Gorgas, Firefighter
| DOD 6/30/1921
| Died from injuries to the head at age 54. Injuries sustained as a result of the truck he was riding on overturned at 9th and Main in Darby Borough
| John H. McNeile Jr., Past Chief
| DOD 6/11/1952
| Died after being overcome by smoke trying to rescue 2 boys at the Penn Pines Housing Development. He was 50 years old.
| Roy V.E. Rogers, Firefighter
| DOD 2/19/1963
| Died after being exposed to Ammonia Fumes at the Collingdale Inn Fire in the 900 Block of MacDade Blvd. He was 50 years old.
| Walter Bley, Firefighter
| DOD 4/22/1971
| Died at age 54 from a heart attack suffered after an explosion while handling a 2 inch hose line at the Janess Plumbing Supply Company.
| Donald J. Felker, 1st. Lieutenant
| DOD 4/16/1978
| At 38 suffered an Aneurysm after carrying a heart attack victim down a flight steps, was enroute to the hospital on the Ambulance when he collapsed.
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| Collingdale Fire Company #2 | Frank E. Foster, Past Chief
| DOD 12/26/1961
| Suffered a CVA while atop a ladder working on the firehouse. He died 24 days later at age 58.
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| Concordville Fire & Protective Association | Raymond E. Talley, Fire Policeman
| DOD 1/18/1992
| Collapsed while directing traffic at an incident.
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| Darby Fire Company #1 | Carroll Cloud, Firefighter
| DOD 5/30/1919
| Returning to the sta. after picking up a crated chemical fire truck, the truck Cloud was transporting it on toppled over crushing him to death.
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| Darby Fire Patrol #2 | Norman Powell Jr., Driver
| DOD 6/12/1971
| Was driving a truck returning from a parade in Coastville, Pa. The truck struck a pole attempting to avoid another vehicle at a curve and ejected him.
| Michael Cannon, Firefighter
| DOD 8/10/1979
| Suffered a Cerebral Aneurysm and collapsed on scene while fighting a fire at the the Villa of St. Josephs on Lansdowne Ave. (next to Fitzgerald Mercy
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| Darby Township Fire Company #4 | Milton L. Cann, Firefighter
| DOD 7/4/1977
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| Essington Fire Company | Frank Ebenthal, Firefighter
| DOD 3/29/1963
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| February 17 1978 | This space is intentionally left blank for all of the members of the Delaware County Fire & EMS Community and their families
| who have suffered a loss due to a toxic fire that occurred at Front & Flower Streets in Chester City.
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| Franklin Fire Company, Chester | George Hiortoh, Firefighter
| DOD 3/26/1942
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| Friendship Fire Company | Robert Nelson, Firefighter
| DOD 1930
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| James Breeding, Firefighter
| DOD 12/18/1969
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| William Duffy, Firefigher
| DOD 12/18/1969
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| Garretford Drexel Hill Fire Company | James A. Verner, Chief
| DOD 12/1/1934
| Struck by a falling tree at the Beverly Hills Golf Club in Upper Darby Township. Site now the Barclay Square Apartment Complex.
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| Glenolden Fire Company | Walter Capstick, Chief
| DOD 1/3/1928
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| Earl Major, Fire Police Captain
| DOD 10/12/1980
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| Goodwill Fire Company, Darby Township | Thomas L. Mower, Fire Policeman
| DOD 3/3/2005
| Suffered a heart attack and collapsed outside his personal vehicle while answering an alarm.
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| Highland Park Fire Company | Jerome MacDonald, Firefighter
| DOD 10/5/1945
| Died as a result of injuries sustained while a passenger on Highland Park’s Seagrave Engine that collided with a Red Arrow trolley.
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| Jackson Pyrotechnical Fire & Explosion 2/17/82 | Franklin Fire Company, Chester
| Thomas Anderson, William H. Franklin, William MacNeil, Alexander Phillips, William Woods, Joseph Kestner, Anthony Barber
| John H. Pollock, Robert Stinson, John Zack Vandergrift, Jefferson Pedrick, Ellwood Long
| Moyamensing Hook & Ladder Co.
| Cornelius MacDade
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| Lansdowne Fire Company | George A. Gowen, Chief
| DOD 8/19/1929
| Died as a result of fighting a serious house fire involving heavy smoke and intense cold conditions
| Walter Fraim, Chief
| DOD 6/10/1940
| Died as a result of inhaling natural gas along with the strenuous activities of the events of the days storms.
| G William Joines, Assistant Chief
| DOD 11/22/1961
| Exited a structure fire feeling ill, drove himself to the hospital where he collapsed and died from a cardiac event. He was also a Borough Police Sgt.
| Norman D. Wilson, Fire Policeman
| DOD 1/20/1979
| Collapsed and died as a result of a heart attack while directing traffic at an automobile accident.
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| Lower Chichester Fire Company | Glen Jones, Firefighter
| DOD 10/3/1946
| Sun Oil Company Fire.
| Vincent Keelan, Firefighter
| DOD 10/3/1946
| Sun Oil Company Fire.
| William Ward, Firefighter
| DOD 10/3/1946
| Sun Oil Company Fire.
| Nicholas Picozzi II, Lieutenant
| DOD 3/5/2008
| Collapsed and was trapped inside the basement of a house fire; Rescued from basement by fellow firefighters. However Succumbed to his injuries.
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| Manoa Fire Company | Edward Walsh, Ambulance Captain
| DOD 12/25/1965
| On this Christmas night Captain Walsh was removing a patient from the ambulance at Haverford Community Hospital and went into Cardiac Arrest.
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| Marcus Hook Fire Company | Nicholas Barnett, Chief
| DOD 10/3/1946
| Sun Oil Company Fire.
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| Media Fire Company | Marion Baker, Firefighter
| DOD 8/19/1929
| Killed while riding a 1926 Seagrave Engine that crashed on Rt. 352 at the rail road bridge while enroute to a building fire in Middletown
| Morgan Wood, Firefighter
| DOD 8/19/1929
| Killed while riding a 1926 Seagrave Engine that crashed on Rt. 352 at the rail road bridge while enroute to a building fire in Middletown
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| Moyamensing Hook and Ladder Company #1, Chester | Joseph R. Wright, Firefighter
| DOD 8/27/1955
| Died from injuries sustained from MVA with another fire vehicle at 5th & Edgmont while responding to a DUI MVA w/ Entrapment on the 3rd St. bridge.
| Ralf Worrilow, Firefighter
| DOD 9/13/1971
| Drowned making rescues during Eyre Park area flood, the rescue boat he was in washed over the 9th St. bridge.
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| Norwood Fire Company | Lenard Bakey, Firefighter
| DOD8/15/1971
| Collapsed while operating a 2.5’’ hand line with other firefighters on scene of a garage fire. CPR was initiated immediately, however unsuccessful.
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| Oakmont Fire Company | Ernest F. Heimberger, Chief
| DOD 5/11/1966
| Collapsed on the scene of a Barn Fire on Darby Rd. Was transported in Oakmont’s Oxygen/Rescue Truck to Bryn Mawr Hospital.
| Martin J. Basile, Captain
| DOD 8/29/1974
| Was answering an alarm by responding to the firehouse in his POV and was involved in an MVA with a police vehicle (same alarm) at Darby & Benedict Rd.
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| Philadelphia Fire Dept. Engine 54 | John Anderson, Hoseman
| DOD 8/8/1918
| Trapped under a wall collapse and killed, Western Ice and Coal, Upper Darby Township. Only Philadelphia Fire Dept. member to die outside the city.
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| Radnor Fire Company | Earl R. Frankenfield, Firefighter
| DOD 1/10/1949
| Died as a result of injuries sustained at the Liggett’s Drug Store Fire in Wayne Pa.
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| Ridley Park Fire Company | Charles Joseph Elder, Chief Engineer
| DOD 12/30/1984
| Collapsed on the front ramp of the fire station after returning from and cleaning up from a brush fire on M Avenue.
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| Sharon Hill Fire Company | Michael D. Reagan Jr., Firefighter
| DOD 9/29/2007
| Succumbed to injuries received after being trapped under a wall and roof debris after a collapse during a garage fire in Sharon Hill Borough.
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| Swarthmore Fire & Protective Association | Richard David Shoaf Jr., Firefighter/EMT
| DOD 8/18/2001
| Sudden Cardiac Arrest at the fire house while answering an EMS Call.
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| Viscose Fire Company | William Gallagher, Firefighter
| DOD 6/30/1971
| Died as a result of an injury sustained at the Marcus Hook Beverage Fire.
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| Woodlyn Fire Company | William M. Caber, Firefighter
| DOD 4/15/1977
| Died from injuries sustained at a Bullens Lane house fire in Ridley Township.
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