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Cazo's K-9s Cazo was one of the Department's first K-9s and received a bronze bar and gold & silver medals for his service. The Department has dogs for employee peer support (Avery, Brew, Levi, Luna, Sonny), search and rescue (Kimber, Leni, Margo and Seamus), and fire investigations (Blondie, Bandel). Dozen and Roo are retired. The DC Fire & EMS Foundation supports the unbudgeted needs of these four legged members of the Department. Luna Avery Levi Cazo Brew Kimber Cazo, Roo, Dozen Blondie Sonny Leni Margo Seamus Roo and Bandel

Photo by Matt Ackland, Fox5 A National Leader in Emergency Medical Services DC Fire & EMS is the 3rd largest health care provider in DC. Their employees respond to 400 to 500 medical calls for service per day. These calls range from cardiac arrests, strokes, heart attacks, and traumatic injuries to cold viruses, trips and falls, and mental health emergencies. Prepared for All Hazards All DC Fire & EMS first responders are medically trained as nationally registered Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) or paramedics. That’s why you often see fire trucks responding to medical calls. Our paramedics administer life saving medications and other interventions, including intubation and needle decompression. 21 of 33 engine companies are paramedic engine companies, which means that if you are having a life-threatening emergency, you can have a paramedic and team of EMTs at your door in 4 to 6 minutes who will start treatment while the ambulance is on the way. Photo by Eliot Goodman @DCFIREBYE Our Innovations DC Fire & EMS is national leader in diverting non-emergency injuries and illnesses from EMS and hospital systems to primary care with its 2018 launch of the Right Care, Right Now Nurse Triage Line . In 2023, the Department partnered with the Department of Behavioral Health to open the DC Stabilization Center to better care for patients with substance abuse disorder. In 2024, Washington, DC became the largest city to give blood transfusions in the field to trauma and other patients in danger of bleeding to death, helping to drive the city's homicide rate down. DC Fire & EMS is on the front lines of the nation’s health care crisis – and they are part of the solution. Hands on Hearts The Department's Hands on Hearts program has trained over 100,000 people in hands only CPR. An increase in bystander CPR has contributed to the District of Columbia's improved cardiac arrest survival rate since 2015.

Investing in DC Fire & EMS Saves Lives. The DC Fire & EMS Foundation's mission is to support the Department and its heroic members, and to educate the community about its life-saving mission. 2025 Annual Report Investing in DC Fire & EMS Saves Lives LEARN OUR STORY Our Mission & Vision The mission of the DC Fire & EMS Foundation is to support the DC Fire & Emergency Medical Services Department and its heroic members by supporting their training, wellness and recognition, equipment and facilities, and by educating the community about the Department's life-saving mission. Our vision is to empower the Department to continue to be a national leader in the fields of EMS, fire suppression and prevention, homeland security, and technical rescue. Our Team Thank you to our major sponsors, who see our Foundation's promise and honor the work of our first responders. Our Work How your investment helps Learn More TRAINING Investing in our Present and Future WELLNESS Taking Care of our First Responders EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES Supporting Excellent Service Learn More Learn More Learn More DID YOU KNOW? Every day, DC Fire & EMS first responders resuscitate patients in cardiac arrest, put out structure fires, rescue people trapped in elevators, and inspect buildings for safety hazards. EMS DC Fire & EMS is the 3rd largest health care provider in DC and a national leader in diverting non-emergency patients to primary care. Learn More Fire DC Firefighters are aggressive at preventing and responding to fires, rescuing victims, and preserving life and property. Learn More Diversity, Equity & Inclusion The DC Fire & EMS Department is one of the most diverse fire departments in the nation. Learn More MAKE A LIFE SAVING DONATION TODAY Donate Now EIN 26-0803057 @dcfireemsfoundation Subscribe to our Mailing List Join Thanks for subscribing!

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2024 Awards Ceremony and Dinner The DC Fire & EMS Foundation co-sponsored the 2024 DC Fire and EMS Department Awards Ceremony and Dinner on June 7, 2024. Thank you to our sponsors and donors who helped make this amazing night happen! Contact us for information on how to become a sponsor at the April 10, 2025 ceremony. Our Sponsors See the full Photo Album here and the full ceremony here. Fire Chief John Donnelly and Executive Director Amy Mauro Fire Chief John Donnelly and General Eric Smth, US Marines Motor Vehicle Crash Survivor Raci Gordon and her Mother, Tia Fields Raci, her Family, and her Lifesavers Dock 5 at Union Market Dock 5 at Union Market H Street Liquors Cocktail Hour US Marine Corps Quintet Band DCFD Emerald Society Pipes and Drums DCFD Emerald Society Pipes and Drums DC Fire & EMS Honor Guard Master of Ceremonies Lieutenant Eugene Russell-Roach Master of Ceremonies Captain Sid Polish Executive Director Amy Mauro Fire Chief John Donnelly City Administrator Kevin Donahue CNN Correspondent and DC EMS Patient Kasie Hunt and her Family Kasie's EMS Team and her Family Retired Medical Director Dr. Robert Holman and Awardee Sgt. Stephen Gerber First Sergeant. Battershall's Life Savers Cardiac Arrest Survivor First Sgt. Peter Battershall, US Marines and his Family Cardiac Arrest Survivor General Eric Smith, US Marines General Smith' and his Life Savers Greater Washington Board of Trade President Jack McDougal and Amy Mauro MedStar Hospital CEO Dr. Gregory Argyros Bronze Bar for Valor Awardee Lt. David Palmer Bronze Bar for Valor Awardees Sgt. Jason Tarbel and Firefighter Matthew Owen Unit Citation Class II-5-U Awardees Class II-5-U Ribbon for Merit Awardees Fire Survivor Cinder and his Dad, Danny Johnson Bronze Ribbon for Valor Awardee Firefighter Ryan Black Company of the Year, Engine 15 AFC James Hanson and Administrative Employee of the Year, Malissa Blanco Dr. Robert Holman and Administrative Employee of the Year, Gabriel Gan AFC Gary Steen and Administrative Officer of the Year Captain Melonie Barnes Paramedic of the Year Darrick Holland Fire Chief and Fire Chief's Excellence Awardee EMT Yvette Reid

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Last Run of the Horses 100th Anniversary BACKGROUND: One hundred years ago, on June 15, 1925, the DC Fire Department held a ceremonial Last Run of the Horses. The purpose of the event was to commemorate the service of the great fire horses, who were no longer needed due to the advent of motorized fire apparatus. EVENT DETAILS: On June 15, 2025 at 1 p.m. , the DC Fire and EMS Department , in partnership with the Friendship Fire Association and the DC Fire & EMS Foundation, re-enacted the historic ceremonial Last Run of the Horses, using a cosmetically preserved 1905 American LaFrance horse-drawn steam fire engine. ROUTE: The horse-drawn engine ran from the William H. Rumsey Aquatic Center at 635 North Carolina Ave, SE, to Lincoln Park, where we gathered for a small community reception immediately following the procession. WHAT WAS SPECIAL: Hundreds of neighbors, active and retired firefighters and their families, and other supporters lined the streets and gathered at Lincoln Park to observe the procession. It was a joyful day on Capitol Hill! This recap video includes historic film footage of the ceremonial Last Run of the DCFD Horses on June 15, 1925. Reproduced with permission from the UCLA Film and Television Archives. Learn more here. Hundreds gather in DC to commemorate the ceremonial ‘Last Run of the Horses’ Grace Newton, WTOP | grace.newton@wtop.com June 15, 2025, 7:56 PM Hundreds gathered along one D.C. avenue Sunday to commemorate the last time the city’s Fire Department used horse drawn carriages to respond to emergencies ... Sunday’s event, organized by the DC Fire and EMS Foundation along with the Friendship Fire Association , marked the 100th anniversary of the event by holding a reenactment. “They’re (department members) very proud of the long history of the agency,” said Amy Mauro, executive director of DC Fire and EMS Foundation. “How far it’s come over the last 150 years of being in existence ...Today is a really joyful day on Capitol Hill,” Mauro said. “There were a lot of stories going back and forth, you know, from the retired guys, and talking about how D.C. has changed, how it doesn’t look the same, and just reminiscing about their time on the job,” Mazzara said. “So it’s a lot of fun.” Thank you to our sponsors!

Corporate Matching Gifts Double your impact. Did you know that thousands of companies match donations by employees to our organization? Search our database below to see if your company does. See if your employer will match your donation! How to Get Your Gift Matched by Your Employer Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Use our search tool above to see if you're eligible: Search our database to see if your employer matches gifts. If they do, you'll learn everything you need to about the program! Submit your match: When you use our database, you'll receive links for requesting your match. That's it! Once you submit your match, your gift - and your impact - will be doubled.

DC Firefighters Memorial Helmet Project The DC Fire & EMS Department has lost 102 firefighters in the line of duty since 1856. The DC Firefighters Memorial Helmet Project memorializes every DC firefighter who died in the line of duty with the installation of memorial helmets and plaques on streetlights at the locations of their ultimate sacrifice. You can read their stories here. To see a map of the locations, click on the LODD Locations box here. See media coverage about the project here . We also support the DC Fallen Firefighters’ Memorial Project , which is dedicated to erecting a permanent memorial in honor of the Firefighters’ lives that have been lost in the line of duty. This project is a partnership between: Roll of Honor: the members of the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department who made the supreme sacrifice in their service to the citizens of the District of Columbia. 1800s John G. Anderson March 20, 1856 Benjamin C. Grenup May 6, 1856 Thomas H. Robinson February 15, 1877 Joseph Daniels August 18, 1882 Thomas R. Newman February 20, 1891 Zedock Williams December 12, 1893 Samuel E. Mastin July 25, 1894 Michael R. Fenton July 25, 1894 Dennis O'Donoghue July 25, 1894 Thomas J. Martin June 3, 1895 Thomas A. Griffen May 18, 1896 Daniel Conway May 18, 1896 George W. Kettler May 18, 1896 George H. Giles May 18, 1896 Joseph Mulhall May 18, 1896 John G. Angell August 12, 1896 John A. Merriman March 4, 1897 1900s Martin J. Niland July 2, 1900 Charles A. Keefe February 7, 1901 Arthur H. Gibbons October 15, 1904 Simon A. McLane June 1, 1905 Joseph H. McGinnis November 15, 1905 William T. Belt December 13, 1908 Francis M. Smith January 10, 1909 1910s William Caton February 14, 1910 Stewart K. Rosenberger July 27, 1910 Lee Beall June 17, 1911 Michael A. Downes October 14, 1911 Timothy J. Brown October 14, 1911 Fred Koch November 10, 1916 Charles A.E. Watt December 18, 1916 Simon F. Holohan December 28, 1917 William H. Richards October 11, 1918 Frank O. Markward October 12, 1918 William T. Byram October 15, 1918 Frederick W. Cheeney October 18, 1918 Thomas A. Bianco October 23, 1918 John F. Farr December 29, 1918 Charles B. Proctor December 29, 1918 1920s James L. Mann August 27, 1925 Edward F. Laughton March 2, 1926 James Mowatt March 18, 1927 Harry L. Stout June 22, 1927 Samuel L. Gallahan July 26, 1927 Albert J. Greiner October 27, 1928 1930s Harry W. Swann May 26, 1930 Peter R. Davis June 13, 1930 John H. Virnstein July 5, 1931 Maurice P. Corbett February 19, 1932 Robert G. Anderson February 23, 1933 Myron W. Thayer October 18, 1934 Patrick J. Sullivan December 18, 1934 Albert F. Gavreau November 29, 1936 William H. Hill December 3, 1936 Vernon C. Richardson March 10, 1937 Walter W. Imboden March 29, 1938 Twyman S. Jones April 11, 1938 Charles E. Schrom February 27, 1939 Gilbert W. Fletcher January 16, 1937 George N. Haller April 5, 1939 Samuel T. Walters July 30, 1939 1940s Raymond E. Oden July 28, 1943 John R. Gray October 4, 1940 Everett L. Owens July 28, 1943 Thomas S. Baber December 6, 1944 Dewey W. Neill December 24, 1944 Maurice T. Hizer February 11, 1945 William E. Caton November 2, 1943 Earl O. Negley December 27, 1946 Lloyd A. Irwin December 4, 1947 Leon M. Nevitt December 30, 1947 Edward G. Williams August 15, 1949 Joseph A. Carter, Jr. July 4, 1944 Albert E. Mitchener September 29, 1947 1950s Ernest W. Howard May 4, 1950 Preston T. Garrison April 21, 1955 Allen Lewis September 20, 1952 Albert M. Hazel March 15, 1956 Barton M. Ewers November 2, 1954 William W. Hoeke July 19, 1957 Millard F. Coxen December 19, 1954 George R. Flaherty February 24, 1955 1960s James B. Curtin October 30, 1960 Joseph I. Looney November 13, 1961 William E. Schaffner March 21, 1962 Charles M. Chamberlin March 1, 1965 Eugene B. Davis April 29, 1965 1970s Earl C. Kite January 7, 1970 Joseph R. Criscuolo October 20, 1970 Vance T. Bartley February 15, 1971 Maurice T. Turner June 26, 1971 Hunter L. Vaughan November 21, 1976 1980s Calvin L. Steve November 23, 1983 John T. Williams December 19, 1984 Clifford R. Oliver December 1, 1987 1990s John M. Carter October 24, 1997 Anthony S. Phillips, Sr. May 30, 1999 Louis J. Matthews May 31, 1999 Costello N. Robinson July 9, 1999 2000s James McRae, III July 7, 2007 2010s Kevin A.McRae May 6, 2015 Alex D. Graham October 27, 2019

St. Dominics Catholic Church, 630 E Street, SW, site of Capt. Brown's funeral

The story of the DC Fire & EMS Department is the story of how financial and political investment saves lives. DC's cardiac arrest survival rate is now one of the highest in the nation . During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, DC was the only major city that did not leave fire and EMS units unstaffed. It has not always been this way. In 2015, the Department routinely ran out of ambulances, its appar atus broke down, its members received little training, and the District's cardiac arrest save rate was half the national average. On January 6, 2021 , the Department mobilized over 200 first responders and sufficient reserve apparatus to rescue patients and assist law enforcement with protecting democracy at the U.S. Capitol. View DC Fire & EMS Jan 6 Documentary Here Trailer Protect our progress. We cannot take for granted how far we have come. And there is more work to be done to save more lives, and to keep our first responders safe and healthy. During these uncertain economic times, we must be diligent in protecting our progress and keeping it going. Seal the deal. First responders “represent an ideal. An assurance by society, backed by money, that human lives are sacred and will be saved anywhere and everywhere they’re in danger. Society has often shrugged its burden and reneged on the deal…But it’s always been there.” -- Kevin Hazzard , American Sirens