Missouri fire service to memorialize three firefighters at Sunday memorial
KINGDOM CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)
The Fire Fighters Association of Missouri will be hosting a memorial service on Sunday to remember Missouri firefighters who have died in the line of duty and to commemorate three Missouri firefighters who have died.
Gov. Mike Parson declared Sunday, Oct. 6 as Fire Service Memorial Day in Missouri and dedicated the weekend to fallen Missouri firefighters.
The Missouri Firefighters Memorial Board approved adding three names to the Wall of Honor following the confirmation of their 2021 deaths in the line of duty.
The first of the three firefighters is Captain Raymond Wynn of the Kansas City Fire Department, a 32-year veteran, who passed away from occupational cancer contracted in the line of duty on March 27, 2021.
Firefighter Tad Nolan Russell, a 10-year veteran of the Brumley Fire Protection District, passed away due to complications from contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty on Aug. 13, 2021.
Firefighter Lloyd Ruediger, a 59-year veteran of the New Haven-Berger Fire Protection District will also be recognized. Ruediger suffered a heart attack following a fire response in the line of duty on June 26, 2023.
In a press release from the Department of Public Safety, other Missouri firefighters who passed away will also be remembered during the ceremonies.
The service will also feature the Department of Public Safety Director Sandy Karsten and State Fire Marshal Tim Bean.
Leaders of the Fire Fighters Association of Missouri, families and friends of those who died and firefighters from across Missouri will also be in attendance.
The memorial service starts at 10:30 a.m. and a live stream will be available on the Fire Fighter Memorial Foundation of Missouri Facebook page.
