Fallen Buffalo Firefighters
Below is a list of all Line of Duty Deaths(LODD's) in the history of the Buffalo Fire Department.
| Last Tour | Assignment | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 12/23/1882 | Ladder 3 | FF. William Smith |
| 03/25/1885 | Engine 3 | FF. George Roth |
| 07/21/1887 | Engine 6 | Captain John Manning |
| 02/02/1889 | Engine 10 | FF. Richard Marion |
| 01/13/1890 | Engine 6 | FF. John Morrissey |
| 07/20/1890 | Ladder 4 | Driver Daniel Shanahan |
| 01/23/1891 | Engine 4 | Captain Adam Fisher |
| 01/23/1891 | Engine 4 | FF. Robert Schneider |
| 02/09/1891 | Engine 7 | Driver Charles Wilson |
| 10/07/1893 | Engine 9 | Engineer Frank McMurray |
| 10/15/1893 | Engine 23 | FF. Charles Harrison |
| 01/12/1894 | Engine 24 | Driver Michael O'Brien |
| 04/25/1894 | Ladder 7 | FF. Joseph Rittling |
| 08/16/1896 | Ladder 6 | FF. John Clarke |
| 10/30/1896 | Engine 21 | Driver William Dickman |
| 01/08/1901 | Engine 13 | FF. William O' Donnell |
| 11/01/1901 | Engine 6 | Lieutenant Henry Devitt |
| 11/11/1901 | Engine 6 | Captain Martin Mahoney |
| 05/08/1902 | Engine 18 | FF. John Kennell |
| 12/27/1903 | Engine 18 | FF. Thomas Donlon |
| 05/13/1903 | Engine 21 | Lieutenant William Clark |
| 05/19/1905 | Engine 6 | Driver Robert Minnis |
| 01/28/1907 | Engine 8 | FF. Stephen Meegan |
| 01/28/1907 | Engine 8 | Lieutenant William Naughton |
| 01/28/1907 | Engine 4 | FF. John Henky |
| 01/19/1908 | Chemical 5 | FF. Daniel O' Connor |
| 10/07/1908 | Ladder 3 | FF. Joseph Schellheimer |
| 08/12/1909 | Ladder 9 | FF. Nathan Riley |
| 03/11/1911 | Engine 1 | FF. William Clinton |
| 07/06/1912 | Engine 22 | FF. Paul Siegert |
| 09/18/1914 | Engine 8 | FF. James O' Brien |
| 06/08/1915 | Chemical 2 | Driver Robert Robinson |
| 12/19/1915 | Engine 9 | FF. Henry Wick |
| 09/11/1917 | Assistant Chief | Driver Charles Kaiser |
| 11/13/1917 | Ladder 4 | Captain Edward White |
| 06/01/1918 | Supply Barn | Driver William Roland |
| 01/08/1920 | Ladder 2 | FF. Martin Haley |
| 04/15/1921 | Engine 9 | FF. Raymond Lawrence |
| 02/01/1922 | 4th Battalion Chief | Driver William Farrell |
| 02/28/1922 | Engine 5 | Driver Elmer Cassidy |
| 05/06/1922 | Engine 19 | Engineer William Jones |
| 05/09/1923 | 8th Battalion Chief | Battalion Chief Joseph Nirschel |
| 08/07/1923 | Engine 24 | FF. Harrington Brand |
| 09/14/1923 | Engine 36 | Captain William Kelly |
| 08/12/1924 | Engine 1 | FF. Jacob Gall |
| 10/08/1924 | Engine 22 | FF. Martin Hoelche |
| 12/05/1925 | Engine 27 | FF. Michael Schmidt |
| 12/06/1925 | Engine 27 | Captain Michael McCarthy |
| 07/14/1926 | Engine 10 | FF. John Zahn |
| 09/05/1926 | Ladder 1 | FF. George Carbine |
| 01/03/1927 | Engine 17 | FF. Francis Wolfe |
| 07/27/1927 | Engine 20 | Engineer Thomas Lynch |
| 11/07/1928 | Ladder 4 | FF. James Byers |
| 11/07/1928 | Ladder 4 | FF. Edward Thompson |
| 03/21/1929 | 5th Battalion Chief | Battalion Chief William Hill |
| 08/06/1929 | Ladder 11 | FF. Edwin Hoffman |
| 12/18/1929 | Engine 2 | FF. Raymond Zahm |
| 02/09/1931 | Engine 9 | Lieutenant Francis Masterson |
| 02/28/1931 | Engine 20 | Pilot William Richardson |
| 12/11/1932 | Engine 22 | Captain George Weitz |
| 12/11/1932 | Engine 22 | FF. Rudolph Bethge |
| 01/24/1934 | Squad 2 | Captain George Amos |
| 08/31/1934 | Telegraph | Lineman William Sheehan |
| 12/21/1934 | 1st Battalion Chief | FF. Edward Hanavan |
| 08/28/1935 | Squad 1 | FF. Matthew Merzig |
| 06/29/1936 | Ladder 12 | Captain Thomas Sullivan |
| 02/08/1937 | Headquarters | Commissioner John Crotty |
| 05/04/1937 | 1st Battalion Chief | Battalion Chief Walter Mahoney |
| 08/02/1939 | Engine 36 | FF. George Mularky |
| 03/20/1940 | Engine 36 | FF. James Hennessy |
| 02/17/1943 | Engine 37 | FF. George Lyons |
| 04/11/1944 | Engine 9 | FF. Edward Hawkes |
| 12/09/1944 | Ladder 15 | FF. Michael Sheehan |
| 06/16/1949 | Engine 32 | FF. Roy Dodge |
| 05/15/1950 | Ladder 4 | FF. Charles Mooney |
| 01/11/1952 | Engine 2 | FF. Fred McClellan |
| 10/18/1952 | Engine 34 | FF. George Moriarity |
| 12/23/1952 | Engine 34 | Captain William Quinn |
| 04/05/1956 | 2nd Battalion Chief | Battalion Chief James Curtin |
| 01/06/1957 | North Division Chief | Division Chief William Boland |
| 11/05/1960 | Engine 30 | FF. Harry Smith |
| 01/01/1961 | Engine 27 | FF. Vincent Morana |
| 01/27/1961 | High Pressure Company | FF. Edward Mulligan |
| 05/06/1963 | Ladder 6 | FF. Frederick Hochhauser |
| 09/12/1967 | 7th Battalion Chief | Battalion Chief Eugene Bowers |
| 09/30/1967 | Engine 34 | Lieutenant Leonard Wood |
| 01/03/1968 | Ladder 4 | FF. Robert Brunner |
| 03/22/1970 | Engine 15 | Lieutenant Thomas Yeates |
| 07/25/1972 | Ladder 10 | FF. John Maloney |
| 11/08/1972 | Engine 21 | Lieutenant Henry Hoffman |
| 03/08/1974 | Engine 13 | FF. Francise Fitzgerald |
| 01/07/1975 | Engine 9 | Lieutenant Burton Winspear |
| 07/21/1976 | Service Station | FF. Zigmund Klemowski |
| 09/09/1976 | Engine 34 | FF. Daniel Wisniewski |
| 04/05/1978 | Ladder 9 | FF. William Keane |
| 09/26/1983 | Engine 26 | Lieutenant Edmund Chrosniak |
| 12/27/1983 | Ladder 5 | FF. Michael Austin |
| 12/27/1983 | Ladder 5 | FF. Michael Catanzaro |
| 12/27/1983 | Ladder 5 | FF. Matthew Colpoys |
| 12/27/1983 | Ladder 5 | FF. James Lickfield |
| 12/27/1983 | Ladder 5 | FF. Anthony Waszkielewicz |
| 07/14/1984 | Ladder 9 | FF. Francis Hanavan |
| 04/13/1985 | Engine 3 | FF. C. Clifford Preisigke |
| 07/29/1985 | Ladder 9 | FF. Raymond Whalen |
| 12/23/1986 | Engine 24 | Captain Edward Duggan |
| 02/02/1988 | Engine 24 | Lieutenant Michael Gerrie |
| 01/28/1991 | Ladder 15 | Captain Brian Dillon |
| 07/04/1997 | Engine 33 | FF. Michael Sequin |
| 04/04/2005 | Engine 21 | FF. Christopher Dill |
| 06/30/2005 | Ladder 2 | Lieutenant William Lewis |
| 02/21/2006 | Rescue 1 | FF. Donald Herbert |
| 08/24/2009 | Rescue 1 | Lieutenant Charles "Chip" McCarthy |
| 08/24/2009 | Ladder 7 | FF. Jonathan "Sim" Croom |
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