Aston Beechwood Fire Company
Herbert J. Pinkowicz, Firefighter
DOD 4/27/1986
Suffered a heart attack while enroute to his station for a call.
Raymond Eusden, Chief
DOD 5/20/2008
Suffered a CVA while working on a fire vehicle in the station.
Bon Air Fire Company
John J. Coyle, Captain
DOD 1969
Brookhaven Fire Company
Christopher N. Kangas, Junior Firefighter
DOD 5/5/2002
Struck by a vehicle while answering a call. He was riding his bicycle to the fire house.
Collingdale Fire Co. #1
Samuel S. Langley, Past Chief
DOD 12/2/1916
Died from Pneumonia 4 days after being drenched while fighting a fire. He was 37 years old
William L. Gorgas, Firefighter
DOD 6/30/1921
Died from injuries to the head at age 54. Injuries sustained as a result of the truck he was riding on overturned at 9th and Main in Darby Borough
Collingdale Fire Company #1
John H. McNeile Jr., Past Chief
DOD 6/11/1952
Died after being overcome by smoke trying to rescue 2 boys at the Penn Pines Housing Development. He was 50 years old.
Donald J. Felker, 1st. Lieutenant
DOD 4/16/1978
At 38 suffered an Aneurysm after carrying a heart attack victim down a flight steps, was enroute to the hospital on the Ambulance when he collapsed.
Roy V.E. Rogers, Firefighter
DOD 2/19/1963
Died after being exposed to Ammonia Fumes at the Collingdale Inn Fire in the 900 Block of MacDade Blvd. He was 50 years old.
Walter Bley, Firefighter
DOD 4/22/1971
Died at age 54 from a heart attack suffered after an explosion while handling a 2 inch hose line at the Janess Plumbing Supply Company.
Collingdale Fire Company #2
Frank E. Foster, Past Chief
DOD 12/26/1961
Suffered a CVA while atop a ladder working on the firehouse. He died 24 days later at age 58.
Concordville Fire & Protective Association
Raymond E. Talley, Fire Policeman
DOD 1/18/1992
Collapsed while directing traffic at an incident.
Darby Fire Company #1
Carroll Cloud, Firefighter
DOD 5/30/1919
Returning to the sta. after picking up a crated chemical fire truck, the truck Cloud was transporting it on toppled over crushing him to death.
Darby Fire Patrol #2
Norman Powell Jr., Driver
DOD 6/12/1971
Was driving a truck returning from a parade in Coastville, Pa. The truck struck a pole attempting to avoid another vehicle at a curve and ejected him.
Michael Cannon, Firefighter
DOD 8/10/1979
Suffered a Cerebral Aneurysm and collapsed on scene while fighting a fire at the the Villa of St. Josephs on Lansdowne Ave. (next to Fitzgerald Mercy
Darby Township Fire Company #4
Milton L. Cann, Firefighter
DOD 7/4/1977
Essington Fire Company
Frank Ebenthal, Firefighter
DOD 3/29/1963
February 17 1978
This space is intentionally left blank for all of the members of the Delaware County Fire & EMS Community and their families
who have suffered a loss due to a toxic fire that occurred at Front & Flower Streets in Chester City.
Franklin Fire Company, Chester
George Hiortoh, Firefighter
DOD 3/26/1942
Friendship Fire Company
Robert Nelson, Firefighter
DOD 1930
James Breeding, Firefighter
DOD 12/18/1969
William Duffy, Firefigher
DOD 12/18/1969
Garretford Drexel Hill Fire Company
James A. Verner, Chief
DOD 12/1/1934
Struck by a falling tree at the Beverly Hills Golf Club in Upper Darby Township. Site now the Barclay Square Apartment Complex.
Glenolden Fire Company
Walter Capstick, Chief
DOD 1/3/1928
Earl Major, Fire Police Captain
DOD 10/12/1980
Goodwill Fire Company, Darby Township
Thomas L. Mower, Fire Policeman
DOD 3/3/2005
Suffered a heart attack and collapsed outside his personal vehicle while answering an alarm.
Highland Park Fire Company
Jerome MacDonald, Firefighter
DOD 10/5/1945
Died as a result of injuries sustained while a passenger on Highland Park's Seagrave Engine that collided with a Red Arrow trolley.
Delaware County Fallen Firefighters
Franklin Fire Company, Chester
Thomas Anderson, William H. Franklin, William MacNeil, Alexander Phillips, William Woods, Joseph Kestner, Anthony Barber
Jackson Pyrotechnical Fire & Explosion 2/17/82
John H. Pollock, Robert Stinson, John Zack Vandergrift, Jefferson Pedrick, Ellwood Long
Moyamensing Hook & Ladder Co.
Cornelius MacDade
Lansdowne Fire Company
George A. Gowen, Chief
DOD 8/19/1929
Died as a result of fighting a serious house fire involving heavy smoke and intense cold conditions
Norman D. Wilson, Fire Policeman
DOD 1/20/1979
Collapsed and died as a result of a heart attack while directing traffic at an automobile accident.
Walter Fraim, Chief
DOD 6/10/1940
Died as a result of inhaling natural gas along with the strenuous activities of the events of the days storms.
G William Joines, Assistant Chief
DOD 11/22/1961
Exited a structure fire feeling ill, drove himself to the hospital where he collapsed and died from a cardiac event. He was also a Borough Police Sgt.
Lower Chichester Fire Company
Glen Jones, Firefighter
DOD 10/3/1946
Sun Oil Company Fire.
Nicholas Picozzi II, Lieutenant
DOD 3/5/2008
Collapsed and was trapped inside the basement of a house fire; Rescued from basement by fellow firefighters. However Succumbed to his injuries.
Vincent Keelan, Firefighter
DOD 10/3/1946
Sun Oil Company Fire.
William Ward, Firefighter
DOD 10/3/1946
Sun Oil Company Fire.
Manoa Fire Company
Edward Walsh, Ambulance Captain
DOD 12/25/1965
On this Christmas night Captain Walsh was removing a patient from the ambulance at Haverford Community Hospital and went into Cardiac Arrest.
Marcus Hook Fire Company
Nicholas Barnett, Chief
DOD 10/3/1946
Sun Oil Company Fire.
Media Fire Company
Marion Baker, Firefighter
DOD 8/19/1929
Killed while riding a 1926 Seagrave Engine that crashed on Rt. 352 at the rail road bridge while enroute to a building fire in Middletown
Morgan Wood, Firefighter
DOD 8/19/1929
Killed while riding a 1926 Seagrave Engine that crashed on Rt. 352 at the rail road bridge while enroute to a building fire in Middletown
Moyamensing Hook and Ladder Company #1, Chester
Joseph R. Wright, Firefighter
DOD 8/27/1955
Died from injuries sustained from MVA with another fire vehicle at 5th & Edgmont while responding to a DUI MVA w/ Entrapment on the 3rd St. bridge.
Ralf Worrilow, Firefighter
DOD 9/13/1971
Drowned making rescues during Eyre Park area flood, the rescue boat he was in washed over the 9th St. bridge.
Norwood Fire Company
Lenard Bakey, Firefighter
DOD8/15/1971
Collapsed while operating a 2.5 hand line with other firefighters on scene of a garage fire. CPR was initiated immediately, however unsuccessful.
Oakmont Fire Company
Ernest F. Heimberger, Chief
DOD 5/11/1966
Collapsed on the scene of a Barn Fire on Darby Rd. Was transported in Oakmont's Oxygen/Rescue Truck to Bryn Mawr Hospital.
Martin J. Basile, Captain
DOD 8/29/1974
Was answering an alarm by responding to the firehouse in his POV and was involved in an MVA with a police vehicle (same alarm) at Darby & Benedict Rd.
Philadelphia Fire Dept. Engine 54
John Anderson, Hoseman
DOD 8/8/1918
Trapped under a wall collapse and killed, Western Ice and Coal, Upper Darby Township. Only Philadelphia Fire Dept. member to die outside the city.
Radnor Fire Company
Earl R. Frankenfield, Firefighter
DOD 1/10/1949
Died as a result of injuries sustained at the Liggett's Drug Store Fire in Wayne Pa.
Ridley Park Fire Company
Charles Joseph Elder, Chief Engineer
DOD 12/30/1984
Collapsed on the front ramp of the fire station after returning from and cleaning up from a brush fire on M Avenue.
Sharon Hill Fire Company
Michael D. Reagan Jr., Firefighter
DOD 9/29/2007
Succumbed to injuries received after being trapped under a wall and roof debris after a collapse during a garage fire in Sharon Hill Borough.
Swarthmore Fire & Protective Association
Richard David Shoaf Jr., Firefighter/EMT
DOD 8/18/2001
Sudden Cardiac Arrest at the fire house while answering an EMS Call.
Viscose Fire Company
William Gallagher, Firefighter
DOD 6/30/1971
Died as a result of an injury sustained at the Marcus Hook Beverage Fire.
Woodlyn Fire Company
William M. Caber, Firefighter
DOD 4/15/1977
Died from injuries sustained at a Bullens Lane house fire in Ridley Township.
