Joint Emergency Services Ceremony

Sunday September 11th 2011 at 0930, Iqaluit Fire Department was the scene for a multi-agency ceremony. The event was organized to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the World Trade Centre attacks and to pay tribute to the over 1,000 Canadian firefighters who have lost their lives since 1848.

RCMP members were an impressive sight as they marched from their V-Division Headquarters to City Hall.

Representatives from Municipal Enforcement, Canadian Forces, RCMP, Iqaluit International Airport Fire Department, and Iqaluit Fire Department formed a guard on the tarmac in front of the Fire Hall. 

Deputy Fire Chief Blaine Wiggins was Master of Ceremonies, Councillor Stephen Mansell gave opening remarks on behalf of the City of Iqaluit, and Father Daniel Perreault from Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Parish led the service.

 

 

Firefighter Solomon Tagak read the roll call of those firefighters who lost their lives during the past year:

Alex MacDonald  Ottawa, ON

William Lawrence Prescott, ON

Terrence Graham  Saint John, NB  

Ronald Clowes  Grand Falls, NB

Alex Harris  Edmonton, AB

Nathan Jackson  Lac La Biche, AB

Bob Chalmers  Edmonton, AB

Francis Cardinal  Lac La Biche, AB

James McDonald  Winnipeg, MB

Brian Tilley   Edmonton, AB

Donald Massender  Tecumseh, ON

Timothy Whiting   Surrey, BC

Gary Kendall  Point Edward, ON

Henry Van Kessel  Lone Butte, BC