We honour our Toronto Firefighters who have died in the line of duty since 1848.
A ceremony is held at the Fallen Firefighter Memorial every year at HTO Park, next to Toronto Fire Station 334.
Year | Date | Name | Location |
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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 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 | Probationary 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 | Jun-30 | District Chief Leslie C. Booth | Toronto |
1967 | May-20 | Firefighter Peter Van Kirk | Scarborough |
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-7 | 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 | Feb-20 | District Chief Herbert A. Hill | Toronto |
1979 | Jan 3 | Firefighter Leonard McGee | Etobicoke |
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 | 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-17 | Acting District Chief Brian Gordon Harold Kirby | Etobicoke |
1991 | Nov-02 | Captain Lorne E. Hartley | Toronto |
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 2 | 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 | Captain Walter Churchmack | Toronto |
2001 | Mar-17 | Firefighter Bob Simpson | North York |
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 | Feb-14 | Acting Captain Greg Fecteau | Toronto |
2007 | Mar-09 | District Chief Stan Dutka | Toronto |
2007 | Mar-16 | Captain Gary Wilson | Toronto |
2007 | May-2 | 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 | 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 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-1 | 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.1 | 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 | 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-3 | 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-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 | Aug-11 | Captain Gary Campbell | York |
2020 | Oct- 20 | Captain Willam J. Wainwright | Toronto |
2020 | Nov-4 | Firefighter Robert A. Chalmers | Toronto |
2021 | Feb-20 | Acting Platoon Chief Glenn Sherwood | Toronto |
2021 | Jun-14 | Captain Johnnie Walker | Toronto |
2021 | June- 20 | Captain Ralph C. Sparks | Etobicoke |
2021 | Aug-11 | Captain Daniel Thompson | Toronto |
2021 | Aug-17 | Captain Martin W. Costoff | Toronto |
2022 | May- 2 | Firefighter Ted J. Szabunia | Toronto |
2022 | June- 10 | Firefighter Jason Pal | Toronto |
2022 | July- 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 |
2023 | Jan-18 | Captain Kenneth “Ken” A. Hagen | Etobicoke |
2023 | July-17 | District Chief Henrick Batelaan Remarks from Batelaan Family from 2024 ceremony |
Scarborough |
2023 | Aug-3 | Firefighter K. Jeffrey Hamill | Etobicoke |
2023 | Nov-1 | Firefighter David W. Mason | Toronto |
2023 | Nov-1 | Captain Gail P. Fry | Toronto |