This past weekend, May 4 and 5, was National Fallen Firefighters Weekend. Tribute was paid to the 226 firefighters who died in the line of duty in 2023 at a ceremony in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
In Livingston, the Fire Department participated in a Light the Night initiative as a tribute to those fallen firefighters. Fire Chief Chris Mullin asked the community to swap out regular light bulbs for red ones as a symbol of support and comfort to the families nationwide who were honored and remembered last weekend. One World Trade Center in New York City, the Reunion Tower in Dallas, and the LAX Pylons in Los Angeles were some of the notable buildings that participated in Light the Night this year. The lighting began on Wednesday, May 1, and extended through Sunday, May 5, the night of the memorial service in Emmitsburg.
We are proud to know our Fire Department participated in this initiative, and hope that others in the community did as well. We thank these fallen firefighters and their families for their sacrifice, as we do our own volunteer firefighters, who risk their own lives to keep us safe.
