Memorial to Fallen Firefighters

The children and grandchildren of fallen firefighters helped open the City's first memorial to more than 250 firefighters who have died on the job.

How do you honor firefighters who work every day knowing they may be killed while protecting the public? How do you thank their families?
Councilmember LaBonge joined other city officials and the families of fallen Los Angeles firefighters at a bittersweet ceremony dedicating a memorial to those who have died. The Los Angeles Fire Department Fallen Firefighter Memorial opened on Thursday, August 14th, in Hollywood at an event that was both poignant and affirming.
"It's such a nice place for families like mine to pay respect," said a tearful Lisa Wallace, whose father Harold Radcliffe was killed in a 1974 helicopter crash when she was nine years old.
Her father's name is listed with more than 250 others on a bronze monument designed by LAFD Capt. Dwayne Golden. The monument commands the plaza in front of the Los Angeles Fire Department Historical Society on Cahuenga Blvd. Councilmember LaBonge joined Council President Eric Garcetti and Councilmember Dennis Zine at the $2.2 million memorial, which was funded by the Community Redevelopment Agency and private donations.