Project Roll Call

On November 1, 1966, ten El Cariso Hotshots were killed when the Santa Ana winds suddenly changed direction, while they were working a wildfire in Pacoima Canyon, in the Angeles National Forest. Two more hotshots succumbed to their injuries days later, and nineteen others sustained critical burn injuries.

On October 1, 1964, while fighting a vacant 4-story toy factory fire, five Boston firefighters were killed when the front wall of the building collapsed. A second smaller collapse also injured several other members.

One of the most devastating fires for the Baltimore City Fire Department occurred on September 2, 1888, claiming the lives of seven firefighters.

One of the most challenging fires that the Philadelphia Fire Department has ever faced in its history occurred on August 17, 1975, claiming the lives of eight firefighters.

The Kingman Explosion, also known as the Doxol Disaster or the Kingman Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion (BLEVE), occurred on July 5, 1973 in Kingman, Arizona.

Three firefighters were killed and six others injured in a crash while responding to a residential fire in St. Louis, MO.

The Uptown Shelby explosion on May 25, 1979, is largest single event line-of-duty death of firefighters in North Carolina.

The Texas City Disaster is the nation’s worst industrial disaster which injured over 3,500 and claimed the lives of 568, including 27 Texas City firefighters.

Thirteen firefighters died while working to extinguish a basement fire at the Bowen-Merrill Bookstore, on March 17, 1890 in Indianapolis.

The Merrimac Street Fire started at the George Bent Bedding Company in the early morning hours of February 5, 1898. Many firefighters were injured on the scene and six made the ultimate sacrifice.

Thirteen firefighters were killed in a warehouse explosion in Butte, Montana on January 15, 1895.

Three firefighters were killed in a roof collapse after a backdraft occurred at a Louisville recreation center fire on December 17, 1960.