We honour our Toronto Fire‬fighters who have died in the line of duty since 1848.

Each year, a ceremony is held at the Toronto Fallen Firefighter Memorial at HTO Park, next to Toronto Fire Station 334 (339 Queen’s Quay West).

Year Date Name Location
1848 Nov 24 Firefighter William Thornton Toronto
1858 Apr 08 Firefighter Fred Lepper Toronto
1858 Apr 09 Firefighter Terance Meehan Toronto
1866 Jul 10 Assistant Engineer William Charlton Toronto
1869 Sep 18 Firefighter James Kidd Toronto
1879 Sep 15 Captain James Phillips Toronto
1880 Oct 05 Firefighter William Ashfield Toronto
1881 Apr 14 Firefighter Thomas Charters Toronto
1884 Jul 11 Firefighter John Davis Toronto
1884 Jul 16 Firefighter Albert Gilbert Toronto
1890 Apr 24 Firefighter Thomas Everist Toronto
1895 Jan 06 Firefighter Robert Bowery Toronto
1895 Jan 27 Fire Chief Richard Ardagh Toronto
1896 Dec 13 Firefighter John Bertram Toronto
1898 Apr 01 Firefighter Thomas Deacon Toronto
1902 Jun 08 Firefighter Dennis Nolan Toronto
1902 Jul 10 Captain Walter Collard Toronto
1902 Jul 10 Firefighter David See Toronto
1902 Jul 10 Firefighter Harry Clarke Toronto
1902 Jul 10 Firefighter Adam Kerr Toronto
1902 Jul 10 Firefighter Fred Russell Toronto
1904 Feb 19 Firefighter Alfred Potter Toronto
1905 Sep 19 Captain Thomas Worrell Toronto
1913 Sep 30 Firefighter James Kerr Toronto
1918 Jul 22 Lieutenant Oliver Ough Toronto
1919 Feb 05 Captain Moses Thompson Toronto
1922 May 24 Firefighter James W. Johnston Toronto
1922 Jun 10 Lineman James Murdock Toronto
1926 Jan 13 Captain Sampson R. Best Toronto
1929 Nov 26 Fire Chief Arthur Wellwood Islington
1933 Jun 07 Firefighter Robert Calhoun Toronto
1934 Jun 30 Firefighter Fred Cameron Toronto
1934 Jul 23 District Chief James Dixon Toronto
1934 Jul 23 Lieutenant James Henry Toronto
1934 Jul 23 Firefighter William (Bert) Swire Toronto
1937 May 18 Lieutenant Robert Nicholls Toronto
1937 Jun 04 Firefighter Alexander Davidson Toronto
1937 Oct 25 Firefighter William Stevenson Toronto
1940 Sep 09 Lieutenant Albert Shackleton Toronto
1941 Dec 23 Lieutenant John Timney Toronto
1943 Oct 04 Firefighter Stanley Gower Toronto
1943 Nov 02 Firefighter Thomas Marks Toronto
1944 Mar 13 Firefighter David Findley Toronto
1944 Apr 03 Captain Edward Mitchell Toronto
1944 Aug 16 Firefighter Joseph Ross Toronto
1944 Sep 12 Captain Andrew Robert (Andy) Park Toronto
1946 Jul 13 Firefighter Edward Caskie Toronto
1946 Sep 21 Captain Clarence (Duke) Watson Toronto
1947 May 17 Firefighter Melville Kerfoot Toronto
1947 May 17 Firefighter Charles O. Leslie Toronto
1947 May 17 Firefighter Joseph Walker Toronto
1947 Jun 24 Captain Edward Cosgrave Toronto
1947 Dec 02 Firefighter James Davidson Toronto
1948 Jan 22 Firefighter David Kennedy Toronto
1948 Apr 13 Firefighter Joseph McCabe Toronto
1948 Jul 08 Firefighter George Thomson Toronto
1949 Feb 02 Firefighter Thomas Andrews Toronto
1949 Jun 07 Captain Wesley Salter Toronto
1949 Nov 15 Captain William Dundas Toronto
1950 Jul 25 Firefighter Frederick Longstaff Toronto
1952 Feb 13 Captain Cecil Lowry Toronto
1952 Apr 17 District Chief Robert E. Gaston Toronto
1952 Aug 21 Firefighter William Gratton Toronto
1952 Sep 02 Captain Charles Kirkaldy Toronto
1953 Jan 20 Platoon Chief William Culling Toronto
1953 Feb 01 Firefighter Earl Fraser Toronto
1954 Sep 06 Captain John Stewart Toronto
1954 Oct 16 Deputy Chief Clarence (Tiny) Collins Kingsway-Lambton
1954 Oct 16 Firefighter Frank Mercer Kingsway-Lambton
1954 Oct 16 Firefighter Roy Oliver Kingsway-Lambton
1954 Oct 16 Firefighter David Palmateer Kingsway-Lambton
1954 Oct 16 Firefighter Angus Small Kingsway-Lambton
1955 Feb 01 Firefighter William Haynes Toronto
1955 Mar 02 Captain Alfred Mason Toronto
1955 May 31 Firefighter Russell Stewart Toronto
1955 Jun 03 Firefighter George W. Watkins Toronto
1957 Jul 07 Captain John Calhoun Toronto
1957 Nov 21 Firefighter Alexander Budd Scarborough
1957 Nov 30 Captain William Kennard Toronto
1958 Dec 31 Captain Ross Gledhill Toronto
1959 Oct 18 Captain Harold Scott Toronto
1959 Dec 18 District Chief William Reid Toronto
1960 Jan 26 Firefighter Leo Mulleray Toronto
1960 Jul 09 District Chief J. Norman Caskie Toronto
1960 Aug 29 Captain John Wilde Scarborough
1960 Aug 29 Firefighter Joseph Kennedy Scarborough
1960 Sep 16 Firefighter William McGowan Toronto
1960 Nov 07 Firefighter Robert Ludlow York
1961 May 27 District Chief Frank Nicholson Toronto
1962 Jan 29 Captain Ross Campbell Toronto
1962 Mar 31 Firefighter Harley Murphy Toronto
1962 Jun 02 Firefighter Theophilus Ballinger Toronto
1962 Aug 20 Firefighter Leslie Hamilton Toronto
1962 Nov 13 Firefighter John Fraser Toronto
1964 Jan 26 Fighter Bruce Arthur Catchpole Leaside
1964 Jul 25 Captain William Woolley Toronto
1964 Aug 15 Firefighter Clifford Dibble Toronto
1964 Nov 28 Firefighter Frank Reynolds Toronto
1965 Jan 02 Captain William Sanders Toronto
1965 Jan 13 Firefighter Clarence Sedwick Toronto
1966 Jan 03 Firefighter John Hamilton Toronto
1966 Jan 24 Firefighter Norman Penfound Toronto
1966 Feb 24 Captain George Stevens Toronto
1966 Mar 09 Firefighter James Anderson Toronto
1966 Apr 23 Firefighter Edwin Morette Toronto
1966 Apr 29 Firefighter William James (Red) Simpson Toronto
1966 Oct 09 Captain Edward Savage Toronto
1966 Oct 14 Firefighter Ernest Garrett Toronto
1967 May 20 Firefighter Peter Van Kirk Scarborough
1967 Jun 30 District Chief Leslie C. Booth Toronto
1967 Nov 06 Firefighter William J. Fraser Toronto
1967 Sep 25 Firefighter William Downey Toronto
1967 Dec 18 Captain Robert Gaston Toronto
1969 Feb 04 Captain Alexander Lockhart Toronto
1969 Nov 08 Firefighter Gerald Welsh North York
1970 Oct 07 Captain Eric Sadler Toronto
1970 Nov 14 Captain John Roberts Toronto
1971 Jun 06 Firefighter Hartley Megill Toronto
1972 Mar 24 Captain Frederick McLean Toronto
1972 Aug 05 Firefighter James Getty Toronto
1972 Sep 24 Captain Lester Bangay Toronto
1973 Sep 28 Firefighter Thomas F. Kelly North York
1974 Mar 06 Captain Jack Armstrong Toronto
1974 May 16 Firefighter Gord Smith Scarborough
1974 Sep 06 Captain Howard Gilbert Toronto
1975 Apr 29 Acting Captain Donald Barwell Toronto
1976 Aug 24 Firefighter James Munro Toronto
1977 Jul 30 Firefighter W. Bruce McKenzie Toronto
1977 Oct 09 District Chief Art Searle North York
1977 Dec 29 Platoon Chief Charles Dawson North York
1978 Dec 04 District Chief Lloyd Janes Etobicoke
1978 Dec 04 Captain Donald Kerr Etobicoke
1978 Dec 04 Firefighter John Clark Etobicoke
1979 Jan 03 Firefighter Leonard McGee  Etobicoke
1979 Feb 20 District Chief Herbert A. Hill Toronto
1979 Sep 24 District Chief William Brew Toronto
1980 Mar 31 Firefighter Bob Kennedy York
1980 Aug 21 Captain John Morrison Toronto
1980 Nov 18 Firefighter Harry Manderson Toronto
1981 May 18 Firefighter Stan Dabrowski Toronto
1981 Sep 28 District Chief James (Bob) Martin Etobicoke
1983 Mar 19 Firefighter Gerald Sutton North York
1983 Oct 24 Firefighter Donald Robert Coulter Toronto
1983 Dec 15 Firefighter Raymond Cranswick  Toronto
1984 Nov 08 Firefighter Francis B. McGovern North York
1985 Dec 15 Firefighter James Gordon Edwards Toronto
1986 Jun 25 Platoon Chief Bernard Leach York
1987 Sep 09 Captain J. Donald Babineau Toronto
1987 Sep 22 District Chief Bryan Oswin Etobicoke
1988 Jun 10 District Chief Doran Collins Etobicoke
1988 Sep 19 Captain Willis James White Toronto
1989 Mar 09 Acting Captain Gary W. Kennedy Toronto
1989 Jul 13 Firefighter Patrick Cleveland Scarborough
1989 Oct 15 Captain Ken Burfield Etobicoke
1989 Oct 29 Firefighter Kenneth R. Best Toronto
1990 Jan 10 Firefighter Mike French North York
1991 Feb 23 Captain Raymond Brooks North York
1991 Jun 24 Firefighter George Muir North York
1991 Jul 31 Captain Gord Thatcher York
1991 Oct 09 Captain William Terrell Etobicoke
1991 Nov 02 Captain Lorne E. Hartley Toronto
1991 Nov 17 Acting District Chief Brian Gordon Harold Kirby Etobicoke
1992 Feb 05 Captain Roy Ireland North York
1992 Jun 03 Captain Andy DesLauriers North York
1992 Jul 01 Captain Harold H. Beaton Toronto
1992 Aug 14 District Chief Thomas Clark Toronto
1993 Sept 28 Firefighter William Walker Toronto
1993 Oct 06 Firefighter Bob Ellis North York
1994 Apr 17 Firefighter Bernie Bourne York
1994 Jun 09 Captain Alan Gordon Wilson Toronto
1994 Jun 29 Firefighter Murray Kimberley Graham Toronto
1994 Jul 12 Firefighter John Barry Stephenson North York
1994 Nov 15 Captain Steve Cudnick Toronto
1995 Jul 12 Firefighter Kenneth Nicoll York
1995 Dec 10 Captain Thomas Timmins Etobicoke
1996 Aug 29 Captain John L. Macfarlane Scarborough
1997 May 01 Captain Albert G. H. Solman Toronto
1997 Jul 15 Captain Joe Truax Scarborough
1998 Aug 11 District Chief James A. Warren Toronto
1998 Aug 18 District Chief Bruce Ritchie Toronto
1999 Jan 14 Captain Carl Quinn Toronto
1999 Mar 10 Acting District Chief Alan Anketell Toronto
1999 Jun 02 Captain Jack Painter North York
1999 Aug 10 Acting District Chief Roger Holmes Scarborough
1999 Nov 06 Captain Jim Arnold Scarborough
2000 Jan 24 Captain Donald R. Dyson York
2000 Feb 24 Firefighter John Bricknell East York
2000 Oct 24 Captain Raymond Jackson Toronto
2001 Feb 6 Acting Captain Jeffrey Carl Spencer Toronto
2001 Mar 04 Captain John Thewlis Toronto
2001 Mar 11 Firefighter Alfred (Ted) Waites Toronto
2001 Mar 17 Firefighter Bob Simpson North York
2001 Mar 17 Captain Walter Churchmack Toronto
2001 Apr 30 Captain Patrick Joseph Carey Toronto
2001 May 15 Captain Douglas Lorne Storey Toronto
2001 Oct 07 Firefighter Walter Drake Toronto
2001 Nov 05 Platoon Chief Thomas G. Humphrey Toronto
2001 Nov 25 Firefighter Thomas M. McCullagh Toronto
2002 Feb 25 Captain Charles Carolan North York
2002 Dec 05 Captain Vic Ebbs Toronto
2003 Apr 07 Acting Captain Murray Duncan Toronto
2003 Oct 05 Captain David G Kennedy Scarborough
2003 Nov 21 Ken O'Halloran Etobicoke
2004 Apr 09 Acting Captain Richard Mann Toronto
2004 Apr 11 Captain Ian Gatehouse Toronto
2004 Aug 25 Captain Craig Carter Toronto
2004 Oct 24 Firefighter Charles Brown Toronto
2004 Nov 23 Captain Robert Campbell North York
2005 Feb 05 Firefighter Bill Smith Toronto
2005 Jun 06 Captain Kevin Conlon Toronto
2005 Jun 15 Captain Brian Whitehead Scarborough
2005 Jun 25 Firefighter Mel Jones Etobicoke
2005 Aug 08 Captain Keith Brown North York
2005 Aug 20 Firefighter Barry Muir East York
2005 Sep 01 Deputy Chief Ross Forfar Scarborough
2005 Nov 12 Captain Joseph F. Moss Toronto
2006 Feb 03 Acting Captain Jeff Laishes Toronto
2006 Mar 12 District Chief Kenneth (Gary) Lang Etobicoke
2006 May 18 Captain Patrick J. Dineen Toronto
2006 Sep 19 Firefighter Daniel Donnelly Scarborough
2007 Jan 12 Firefighter (Inspector) Robert Fryday Toronto
2007 Jan 13 Firefighter Donald Ernest Lane City of York
2007 Feb 14 Acting Captain Greg Fecteau Toronto
2007 Mar 09 District Chief Stan Dutka Toronto
2007 Mar 16 Captain Gary Wilson Toronto
2007 May 02 Firefighter Ronald James Adams Etobicoke
2007 Sep 05 Captain John Chappelle Toronto
2007 Oct 14 Captain Donald Booth North York
2008 Mar 02 Captain Ron Mathe Etobicoke
2008 Mar 24 District Chief Bill Yates Etobicoke
2008 Jun 20 Captain Terry Haworth Toronto
2008 Aug 10 District Chief Robert (Bob) Leek Toronto
2008 Oct 08 Captain Ron Seymour Toronto
2008 Oct 12 Firefighter Jerald Callaghan Toronto
2008 Oct 15 Captain Wells Pehlemann
2008 Dec 05 Firefighter Thomas Clark North York
2009 Jan 21 District Chief Barry James White Toronto
2009 May 27 Firefighter Leo Dorgan East York
2009 Jun 21 Captain William (Bill) Closs Toronto
2010 Jan 8 Firefighter William John Scott Toronto
2010 Feb 2 District Chief John James Lalonde Scarborough
2010 Mar 9 Acting Captain David Charles Gray Toronto
2010 Mar 19 Firefighter Erik Christensen North York
2010 Jul 26 District Chief John Stockman North York
2010 Aug 12 Firefighter Ronald Carson North York
2011 Jan 29 District Chief Roy V. Aplin Etobicoke
2011 Feb 01 District Chief Murray Manson Sr. Toronto
2011 May 01 Firefighter Ross Taylor Etobicoke
2011 May 29 Firefighter Walter Cunliffe Etobicoke
2011 Jul 05 Acting Captain James MacLean Toronto
2011 Jul 06 District Chief James Colin Macdonald Scarborough
2011 Jul 14 Acting Captain Sylvester Maj Toronto
2011 Nov 09 Firefighter James Cox York
2012 May 15 Captain Douglas James Lynn Toronto
2012 May 21 Firefighter Richard Eldon Toronto
2012 Jul 27 District Chief Dennis M. Bowles Toronto
2012 Aug 04 Firefighter Jack Cameron Etobicoke
2012 Nov 12 Firefighter Randy Burch Toronto
2013 Feb 02 Captain Gerald Hagerman Toronto
2013 Oct 10 Captain Peter Chambers Scarborough
2013 Oct 30 Firefighter David E. O'Brien Toronto
2013 Nov 18 Captain Michael L. Bates  York
2013 Dec 09 District Chief Lawrence (Larry) Hamill Toronto
2014 Jan 25 District Chief Donald Cooper Toronto
2014 Feb 15 District Chief John Anketell Etobicoke
2014 Feb 24 Captain Neil G. Harrison Toronto
2014 Aug 09 Firefighter Bruce B. Statton Toronto
2014 Aug 16 Captain Terry Thompson Toronto
2014 Nov 11 District Chief John D. Roach Toronto
2014 Nov 26 District Chief William Fredrick Smith Toronto
2014 Dec 01 Platoon Chief John Gibson North York
2015 Jan 01 Firefighter Harry Allan Stephenson North York
2015 Jan 10 Captain Charles (Bud) Exton Etobicoke
2015 Mar 02 Firefighter William D. Crawford Toronto
2015 Jul 06 Captain Falk Gruenwald Toronto
2015 Jul 19 Captain John O'Grady York
2015 Oct 25 Captain Lawrence Berenz North York
2015 Oct 29 Captain Richard Barker North York
2015 Nov 30 Captain Karl Lewis York
2015 Dec 02 Firefighter William Parker Toronto
2016 Jan 15 Captain George Powell North York
2016 Mar 13 Captain Rickie Dale Toronto
2016 Mar 16 Firefighter John Dowdell York
2016 Mar 21 Firefighter Michael Kane Toronto
2016 May 21 Captain Charles Mearns Etobicoke
2016 July 29 Captain Ron Milroy Scarborough
2016 Aug 09 Captain Dennis Moore Toronto
2016 Aug 11 Acting Captain Gino De Amicis Toronto
2016 Aug 18 Firefighter Steven Crites Toronto
2016 Sep 18 District Chief Ronald Henry Huttman Etobicoke
2016 Sep 24 Captain Thomas A. Mcilmoyle Toronto
2016 Oct 16 Captain Robert Ted Barnes Scarborough
2016 Oct 27 Deputy Chief Terence Boyko Toronto
2016 Dec 28 Captain William Davies Toronto
2017 Feb 25 Captain Stephen Forsey Toronto
2017 Mar 03 District Chief James Ian Bolton Toronto
2017 Mar 07 Captain Thomas Ford Toronto
2017 Apr 17 Firefighter John Beattie York
2017 Nov 11 District Chief David Craig Toronto
2017 Dec 03 Captain James Lewis Brown Etobicoke
2018 Jan 01 Platoon Chief Thomas Thompson York
2018 Mar 09 Captain George Bellinger Scarborough
2018 Oct 16 District Chief Edward Batten East York
2018 Nov 01 Captain James McLaughlin Toronto
2018 Dec 09 Firefighter Scott Daly Toronto
2019 Jan 15 Captain Stanley F. Lorr North York
2019 Jan 30 Firefighter William Blair Gibson Toronto
2019 Apr 30 Captain Gordon W. Crawford Toronto
2019 May 15 Firefighter Edmond F. Lynch Toronto
2019 Jun 26 Captain Gregory A. Simerson Scarborough
2019 Sept 12 District Chief Paul Dzuba Toronto
2019 Nov 03 District Chief Herbert Hammond Etobicoke
2019 Nov 08 District Chief David R. Atwell Etobicoke
2019 Nov 24 District Chief James (Jim) Ritchie Toronto
2019 Dec 20 District Chief K. Dieter Bertram Toronto
2020 Jan 16 District Chief Wayne Elford Etobicoke
2020 Feb 21 Firefighter Roger Martin Toronto
2020 Apr 25 Captain Victor Patrick Kelly Toronto
2020 May 04 Firefighter Glenn Grieve Toronto
2020 Jun 19 Firefighter James Duffney York
2020 Jul 06 Acting Captain Duncan Gibson Toronto
2020 Aug 11 Captain Gary Campbell York
2020 Oct 20 Captain William (Bill) J. Wainwright Toronto
2020 Nov 04 Firefighter Robert A. Chalmers Toronto
2021 Feb 20 Acting Platoon Chief Glenn Sherwood Toronto
2021 Jun 14 Captain Johnnie Walker Toronto
2021 Jun 20 Captain Ralph C. Sparks Etobicoke
2021 Aug 11 Captain Daniel Thompson Toronto
2021 Aug 17 Captain Martin W. Costoff Toronto
2022 Feb 16 Acting District Chief Steven Pocock Etobicoke
2022 May 02 Firefighter Ted J. Szabunia Toronto
2022 Jun 10 Firefighter Jason Pal Toronto
2022 Jul 14 Firefighter Thomas Emmett Todd Toronto
2022 Aug 16 Captain Bradley Ronald Andrews Toronto
2022 Oct 15 Captain Norman C. Sinclair Scarborough
2022 Nov 18 District Chief Christian L. Cauchon Toronto
2022 Nov 29 District Chief Brian S. Balsdon Scarborough
2022 Dec 14 Firefighter Lee Matthew Herriot Toronto
2023 Jan 18 Captain Kenneth (Ken) A. Hagen Etobicoke
2023 Mar 02 Captain Terry W. Nepotiuk Toronto
2023 Mar 21 District Chief Murray W. Evaschuk Toronto
2023 Jun 17 Firefighter William (Bill) Britton North York
2023 Jul 09 Marine Captain Ralph Amero Toronto
2023 Jul 17 District Chief Henrick Batelaan
Remarks from Batelaan Family from 2024 Ceremony
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2023 Aug 03 Firefighter K. Jeffrey Hamill Etobicoke
2023 Sep 12 Captain Eric Charles Adams Scarborough
2023 Nov 01 Firefighter David W. Mason Toronto
2023 Nov 01 Captain Gail P. Fry Toronto
2024 Jan 17 Firefighter Peter Michael Chitty Toronto
2024 Apr 29 Captain Burton Wice Toronto
2024 May 14 Captain Douglas W. Cook Toronto
2024 Jun 12 Captain Sean Coles Toronto
2024 Aug 09 Captain Robert J. Smith East York