WORCESTER, MA – For those in attendance at the funeral mass for Worcester Fire Department (WFD) Lt. Jason “Jay” Menard, we all know the answer to this question according to WFD Chaplain Fr. Walter Riley is “Yes, and his name is Lieutenant Menard”. Firefighters from across North America came to Worcester Monday to mourn the […]
WORCESTER, MA – The sound of bagpipes and drums in the distance alerted the dozens of honor guard teams stationed at St. John’s Catholic Church that the funeral procession for fallen Worcester firefighter Christopher Roy was approaching. Firefighter Roy died on Sunday, Dec. 9, while searching for residents in an apartment building who might not […]
WORCESTER, MA – “No More.” Those were the words spoken by Worcester Fire Chief Mike McNamee fifteen years ago today when he stood between 15 of his men and the burning Worcester Cold Storage building on Franklin Street. Chief McNamee knew that sending any more men into what had now become a furnace would ultimately […]
WORCESTER, MA – Thousands of firefighters from across the country were in Worcester on Thursday to mourn the death of firefighter Jon Davies (age 43). Davies was killed after becoming trapped when a burning three-story house he and his partner Brian Carrol entered collapsed. Both firefighters had already been in the building at 44 […]