Wildland Firefighter Memorial dedicated

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Wildomar resident Lynn Phillips, who has a son who is a firefighter, looks at the plaques on the wall of the new California Wildland Firefighter Memorial after the dedication ceremony Saturday. Photo: Don Boomer, North County Times


The North County Times has an excellent article about the dedication of the California Wildland Firefighter Memorial near El Cariso fire station on the Ortega Highway west of Elsinore, California. The memorial is a tribute to the firefighters that have died on wildland fires in California.

Here is a brief excerpt from the article:

The ground at this wooded spot just off the Ortega Highway had been broken for a long time. On Saturday, a promise made at the same location finally was fulfilled.

About 150 officials, active and retired firefighters, surviving family members and friends gathered for the long-awaited dedication ceremony of the California Wildland Firefighter Memorial located near the Penny Pines campground in the Cleveland National Forest.

The memorial honors the more than 300 California firefighters who have died over the years fighting wildland fires.

UPDATE at 7:11 p.m. MT, Aug. 16

A person that left a comment below, BigWhiteDog, provided more information about the memorial, and the fact that it is not yet finished. Contributions are needed. The California Wildland Firefighters Memorial site has more information. Send them a check.

The commenter mentioned “buying one of those bricks”. I went to the web site and could find a donation page, but nothing about purchasing a brick. I then called Carlo Guthrie, the president of the organization, and asked her about it. She said yes, there is a buy-a-brick program, and for a $100 donation you can have your name or organization imprinted on it. The bricks have three lines of text, each with up to 19 characters.

She emailed me the brick form, and it is HERE. The form appears sideways when you open it, but it should print OK.

The Press-Enterprise also has an article about the memorial, with several photos.

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  1. Here is the challenge I have issued to readers of other forums out there and now I am issuing it to all readers here…There is more work to be done. Here is my challenge to all of you. Even though we (my wife and I) have donated the web work (http://CWFM.info) and continue to maintain the site for free, I am buying one of those $100 bricks. I challenge everyone getting an OT check, every departmental association, and local as well as fire buffs, wannabes, ROP students and supporters in general, to match that. One brick each to help finish this long overdue project. I’m doing my part, you?When you do this (you ARE going to do this right? this is family and we support our family don’t we?) tell them you heard about it here to thank the WildFireToday webmasters here for their support.

  2. Thanks BigWhiteDog for the information about how to contribute. The web site about the memorial to which he/she is referring to is cwfm.info I added an UPDATE to the main post above about the buy-a-brick program.

  3. Thank you so much for sharing the information about the Memorial. Just researching the fires, casualities, and situations was hard for those of us who were firefighters. As a Board Member, you can’t imagine how it felt to have fire survivors tell their story to us at the wall unveiling.. God Bless each and every firefighter, past, present and future.Stephaniewww.cwfm.info