The West Haven Fire Department will be conducting its annual Firemen’s Memorial ceremony on Sunday, October 17th. The ceremony will take place on the West Haven Green, at the Firemen’s Memorial, and will begin at 10:00 am. Each year the department honors those members who have passed away during the year as well as all those who have come before. This year we will be ringing the bell for the following members:
Thomas Beurer, Hook & Ladder Company 1; Arthur Ferris, Stevens Heights Engine Company 5; Vincent Liberti, Career Department; Donald Vogt, Hook & Ladder Company 1; Ronald DeBrigita, Career Department; John Riccio, Savin Rock Hose Company 4, WSFD Career Dept.
If anyone has a family member who has passed away during the year and is a Career or Volunteer member of the WHFD, please contact us at [email protected] and we will add them to the list.
The 2021 event program is dedicated in memory of Edward P. Donegan. Donegan Joined the Career Department on March 1, 1968, and was promoted to Superintendent of Apparatus on February 13, 1991. He retired on Sept. 30, 2005, after serving the Department for 37½ years.