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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

< Back J.R. Clark Board Member J.R. has extensive experience representing issuers and borrowers, and serving as underwriters’ counsel on tax-exempt and taxable borrowings that include use of revenue bonds, tax credits, tax increment financing opportunity zones and other economic development tools. Before joining the firm, J.R. served in the executive office of the mayor of Washington, D.C. as director for council affairs in the Office of Intergovernmental Relations, where he advised the mayor on all legislation before the District of Columbia Council. In this capacity, he oversaw the implementation of the mayor’s legislative agenda. Before working with the mayor, J.R. served as deputy general counsel in the District of Columbia’s Office of the Chief Financial Officer. There, he worked with the legislative branch on the District of Columbia’s budget and finances. J.R. is a DC native, resident of Ward 4, and member of the Leadership Greater Washington Class of 2012. He has served on, and as chairman of, several regional boards and associations.

< Back Michael Goldstein Board Member Prior to joining Tyton, Mike led the higher education law practice at global firm Cooley LLP and predecessor Dow Lohnes, and previously served as Associate Vice Chancellor and Associate Professor of Urban Sciences at the University of Illinois-Chicago and Assistant City Administrator and Director of University Relations for the City of New York. He serves as chair of the Board of Trustees of Vermont College of Fine Arts and is a Board member and past chair of Fielding Graduate University, which awarded him an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters for his contributions to experiential learning. He is a Director of the University of the District of Columbia Foundation and of The Washington Center, Vice Chair of the Board of The Washington Ballet and was formerly a Director of the American Association for Higher Education and a Trustee of Mount Vernon College, as well as a long-time member of the Friendship Fire Association. He has a BA in Government from Cornell University, a law degree from New York University and was a Loeb Fellow in Advanced Urban and Environmental Studies at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Mike is a Ward 3 resident.

< Back Andrew T. “Chip” Richardson, III, Esq. Board Chair Chip previously held senior leadership roles with the DC Government. He served initially as Deputy, and then as General Counsel led a very proactive Office of the General Counsel for the Executive Office of the Mayor during the Honorable Adrian Fenty’s administration. He then served as Interim Director of the District of Columbia Office of Risk Management. Chip served a three-year term as a member of the Board of Directors of The Not For Profit Hospital Corporation, formerly known as Greater Southeast Community Hospital and United Medical Center. He previously served on the Board of Directors for Stargate, a nonprofit foundation in Richmond, Virginia that supported arts programming in public schools. He has been recognized by the District of Columbia Bar for his contributions to the practice of estates, trusts and probate law in the District, and he received a Meritorious Public Service Award from the Government of the District of Columbia for service to its residents. Chip lives in Ward 4 with his family.

< Back Sean Egan Board Member Sean established contacts throughout the District government and the region to the benefit of the Department, including service as Chairman of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Health and Safety Subcommittee. As an executive leader and trusted advisor, he has had a front seat and management role in some of the most impactful events of the 21st century, including historic Presidential inaugurations, major sporting events, national crises, and large-scale infrastructure transformations. Following his retirement from the Department, Sean served as the Response and Recovery Coordination Specialist of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Office of Emergency Preparedness. He is currently working as a risk management and emergency preparedness consultant. ​ ​

< Back Janene Jackson Board Member Having worked in all branches of the government of the District of Columbia, Janene brings a 360-degree approach to assisting clients with their government relations and lobbying needs, business development interests, and legal representations in administrative proceedings. Janene has served as deputy chief of staff and director of the Office of Policy and Legislative Affairs where she was responsible for the regional, federal and local relationships for the mayor, as well as lobbying the Council of the District of Columbia and Congress; senior vice president for government affairs at the DC Chamber of Commerce; committee counsel to Committee on Public Safety and the Judiciary Chairman Phil Mendelson; executive director of the State Complaint Office of the District of Columbia Public Schools; assistant corporation counsel in the Office of Corporation Counsel; and clerk for the Honorable Donald L. Ivers of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, as well as for the Honorable Reggie B. Walton, formerly of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Janene is a Ward 4 resident. ​ ​