A memorial site at Madison Fire Department Station 14 was unveiled Sept. 11 to commemorate firefighters killed in the line of duty. The memorial features a statue of a firefighter kneeling on a pedestal, which reads: “Honoring our members who gave their lives answering the final call.”
Fire Fighters Local 311, a Madison nonprofit, held an opening ceremony for the memorial structure at Madison Fire Station 14 on Sunday, according to their Facebook page. This plan was kickstarted by the line-of-duty death of firefighter Rick Garner in 2018, as well as by deaths of other Madison firefighters in the line of duty, Fire Fighters Local 311 spokesperson Peter Friedericks said. “Over the two and a half years, we’ve finally been able to put together a committee and then finally get everything in order to get built,” Friedericks said.