VIDEO: Four Phoenix-area firefighters who died of job-related cancer last year will be among those remembered during a nationwide tribute this weekend.
On Sunday morning, the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation’s production of America’s Tribute to Fallen Firefighters will honor the lives of 82 firefighters who died in the line of duty in 2019 and 21 who died in previous years.
Goodyear firefighter Austin Peck, Phoenix firefighters Brian Beck and Rick Telles and Mesa firefighter Nikki Sullivan will be included in the tribute, which starts at 7 a.m. In a normal year, the events take place in Emmitsburg, Maryland, the location of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial. In June, NFFF announced that the annual memorial would be postponed due to the challenges of planning a large, in-person event during the uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic.