One of the most important tasks of the Strathcona Firefighters Honour Guard is that of honouring fire and emergency medical service personnel who perish as a result of their duties. For the past several years, the International Association of Fire Fighters (I.A.F.F.) has continued to record an overwhelming number of line-of-duty deaths throughout the United States and Canada. On far too many occasions, these totals become nothing more than statistics and the focus of what each of these numbers stands for is obscured. Be assured each of the more than one hundred line-of-duty deaths recorded annually represents someone’s son or daughter; mother or father; and brother or sister.

In recognition of each one of these losses, the Strathcona Firefighters Honour Guard has coordinated the design and construction of the Strathcona Fallen Firefighters Memorial. The Memorial offers a perpetual tribute to all those who have lost, or will lose their lives as they unselfishly respond to the needs of the communities that they are proud to protect.