Colorado Fallen Firefighters Memorial

The annual Colorado Fallen Firefighters Foundation Remembrance Ceremony was held on May 18th, 2024 honors those who have died in the line of duty (LODD).  The memorial began with the apparatus procession from the Addenbrooke Park in Lakewood into the Lakewood Town Center. The memorial ceremony was held inside the Lakewood Cultural Center with opening remarks from CFFF President John Bales and then the processional from the Colorado Emerald Society Pipes & Drums and Colorado Fallen Firefighters Memorial Honor Guard with posting of colors. Guest speaker Susie Wargin spoke about her cousin Denver Firefighter John Whelan, who passed away in 2015 and was added to the memorial in 2016. The ceremonial Colorado flag presentation to the firefighter families and the last alarm from Evergreen Fire/Rescue Fire Chief Mike Weege before the procession to the outside of the Colorado Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Belmar Park with the honor guard pipes and drums, flag raising / lowering ceremony and the release of doves honoring the 172 names on the wall with the the memorial.

This year the ceremony added 2 names to the wall:

Chester M. Riley, Nucla-Naturita Fire Protection District – LODD March 20th, 2021

Harold J. Cordova, Central Conejos County Fire Protection District – LODD May 1st, 2022