The U.S. Fire Administration has received notice of the following firefighter fatality:

Name: Stephen Joseph Masto
Rank: Firefighter
Age: 28
Status: Career
Date of Incident: August 26, 1999
Date of Death: August 27, 1999
Fire Department: Chief Warner McGrew, Santa Barbara City Fire Department, 121 W. Carrillo Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101
Cause of Death: Unknown. Failed to return to camp when fighting a wildland fire north of Santa Barbara.
Date of Funeral: Wednesday, September 1, 1999

Tribute is being paid to Firefighter Masto at http://www.usfa.fema.gov/ffmem

The U.S. Fire Administration has received notice of the following firefighter fatality:

Name: Marvin Huisman
Rank: First Assistant Chief
Age: 56
Status: Volunteer
Date of Incident: 10/7/99
Date of Death: 10/7/99
Fire Department: Chief Jim Henning, Wilmont Fire Department, P.O. Box 76, Wilmont, Minnesota 56185-0076
Cause of Death: Heart attack while fighting a brush and grass fire
Funeral: 10/11/99, Our Lady of Good Council Church, Wilmont, Minnesota
Tribute is being paid to Assistant Chief Huisman at http://www.usfa.fema.gov/ffmem

The U.S. Fire Administration has received notice of the following firefighter fatality:

Name: Gregory E. Pacheco
Rank: Firefighter
Age: 20
Status: Career
Date of Incident: October 3, 1999
Date of Death: October 5, 1999
Fire Department: Forest Fire Management Officer Marcus Trujillo, Carson National Forest, 208 Cruz Alta, Taos, New Mexico 87571
Cause of Death: Struck by rock while fighting a wildland fire in San Diego County, CA
Funeral: October 9, 1999, Penasco, New Mexico

Tribute is being paid to Firefighter Pacheco at http://www.usfa.fema.gov/ffmem

The U.S. Fire Administration has received notice of the following firefighter fatality:

Name: David Pack
Rank: Firefighter
Age: 63
Status: Career
Date of Incident: 10/29/99
Date of Death: 10/29/99
Fire Department: District Forester Rick Merinar, Tennessee Department of Agriculture - Forestry Division, 390 South Lowe, Suite 10, Cookville, Tennessee 38501-4702
Cause of Death: Drowned in pond while fighting a forest fire.
Funeral: 11/1/99 - DeKalb Funeral Home - Smithville, TN

Tribute is being paid to Firefighter Pack at http://www.usfa.fema.gov/ffmem

The U.S. Fire Administration has received notice of the following firefighter fatality:

Name: Michael Sims
Rank: Firefighter
Age: 38
Status: Volunteer
Date of Incident: 11/2/99
Date of Death: 11/3/99
Fire Department: Chief Terry Chambon, Highland Hose Company, 401 East 8th Avenue, Tarentum, PA 15084
Cause of Death: Fell from apparatus while responding to an incident.
Funeral: 11/6/99, First United Presbyterian Church, Tarentum, PA

Tribute is being paid to Firefighter Sims at http://www.usfa.fema.gov/ffmem

The U.S. Fire Administration has received notice of the following firefighter fatality:

Name: Brian Andrew Lee
Rank: Firefighter
Age: 38
Status: Career
Date of Incident: 11/16/99
Date of Death: 11/16/99
Fire Department: Chief Frederick G. Eggers, Fire Department of Jersey City, NJ, 465 Marin Blvd., Jersey City, New Jersey 07302
Cause of Death: Collapsed at firehouse.
Funeral: 11/20/99

Tribute is being paid to Firefighter Lee at http://www.usfa.fema.gov/ffmem

The U.S. Fire Administration has received notice of the following firefighter fatalities:

Name: Alton L. Lewis
Rank: First Assistant Chief
Age: 55
Status: Volunteer
Date of Incident: November 29, 1999
Date of Death: November 29, 1999
Fire Department: Chief Paul Cartwright, Montour Falls Fire Department, 111 Lee Street, Montour Falls, New York 14865
Cause of Death: Heart attack upon returning to residence after responding to vehicle accident.
Funeral: December 4, 1999, St. Mary's of the Lake Church, Watkins Glen, New York

Name: James McCay
Rank: Firefighter
Age: 22
Status: Career
Date of Incident: November 29, 1999
Date of Death: November 29, 1999
Fire Department: Chief Kevin L. Hutchinson, City of Logan Fire Department, 219 Dingess Street, Logan, West Virginia 25601
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle while responding to a non-fire emergency.
Funeral: December 2, 1999, Honaker Funeral Home, Logan, West Virginia

Tribute is being paid to Assistant Chief Lewis and Firefighter McCay at http://www.usfa.fema.gov/ffmem

Name: Lee A. Purdy
Rank: Firefighter
Age: 57
Status: Volunteer
Date of Incident: 1/8/00
Date of Death: 1/8/00
Fire Department: Chief Paul Lee, Invincible Fire Company, 200 South Canal, Spencerville, Ohio 45887
Cause of Death: Apparent heart attack at scene of residential structure fire.
Funeral: 1/11/00, Spencerville, Ohio

Tribute is being paid to Firefighter Purdy at http://www.usfa.fema.gov/ffmem

The U.S. Fire Administration has received notice of the following firefighter fatality:

Name: Brian K. Burnett
Rank: Firefighter
Age: 23
Status: Volunteer
Date of Incident: 10/28/99
Date of Death: 1/22/00
Fire Department: Chief Walter Fass, Scipio Township Volunteer Fire Department, 0693 South 500 West, LaPorte, Indiana 46350
Cause of Death: Died from injuries sustained from tanker rollover while responding to the scene of a fire incident.
Funeral: 1/26/00, Michigan City, Indiana

Tribute is being paid to Firefighter Burnett at http://www.usfa.fema.gov/ffmem

The U.S. Fire Administration has received notice of the following firefighter fatalities:

Name: Firefighter Lewis Mayo, III (Age 44) and
Firefighter Kimberly Smith (Age 30)
Status: Career
Date of Incident: 2/14/00
Date of Death: 2/14/00
Fire Department: Chief Lester Tyra, Houston Fire Department, 1205 Dart Street, Houston, Texas 77007
Cause of Death: Died as the result of a roof collapse while searching for an injured firefighter at a McDonald's restaurant fire.
Funeral: Memorial Service - 2/16/00, Houston, Texas

Tribute is being paid to Firefighters Mayo and Smith at:

http://www.usfa.fema.gov/ffmem

The U.S. Fire Administration has received notice of the following firefighter fatality:

Name: Christopher Whelan
Rank: Firefighter
Age: 30
Status: Career
Date of Incident: 2/13/00
Date of Death: 2/13/00
Fire Department: Chief Donald Haupt, Jr., Norfolk Fire and Paramedical Services, 100 Brooke Avenue, Norfolk, Virginia 23510
Cause of Death: Heart attack while in transport between stations for fill in.

Tribute is being paid to Firefighter Whelan at http://www.usfa.fema.gov/ffmem

The U.S. Fire Administration has received notice of the following firefighter fatality:

Name: Michael Baughn
Rank: Firefighter
Age: 46
Status: Volunteer
Date of Incident: 4/11/00
Date of Death: 4/11/00
Fire Dept.: Chief Daniel E. Fowler, Washington Fire Department, 136 North Fayette Street, Washington Courthouse, Ohio 43160
Cause of Death: Apparent heart attack at training exercise.
Funeral: 4/15/00, Washington Courthouse, Ohio

Tribute is being paid to Firefighter Baughn at http://www.usfa.fema.gov/ffmem

On behalf of our community volunteers who built this traveling tribute to fallen fire fighters and police officers.Our condolences to the families of these fallen heroes.
Robert Rice
project coordinator of the" memorial flags and walls exhibit"
http://memorialflags.homestead.com/memorialflags.html

To: Don Mackey and all others

Remember the memories of what Don and others gave us to look forward to on a fire, even in the worst
times Don made us laugh, cry, and realize all the little detail in life. He was a father, loving husband, and a lad that strived on the mountain. I
realize now that since Don passed away my freshmen
summer of high school I never got to know who he was until one year later I was out in Missoula. This is to you Don, for everything of what you have done for others and myself. As I figure out of what I want to do and that is one thing, a U.S.
Smokejumper for life, and hopefully I will bring out the happiness of what you brought the gang. To
those with you, like Dodge and others thank you for showing us the ways of a true spirit helping and guiding us to what we strive at best....