Methow Valley Firefighter Memorial

 

Thank you to all of you who made donations! 

This memorial is now established in the Mac Lloyd Park in Winthrop, Washington.  It is to honor all those firefighters who have lost their lives while engaged in fighting wildland fires in the Methow Valley.  Following is a list of known tragedies. 

Firefighter Memorial Names        
           
Date Fire Firefighters Unit where fire occurred Position Fatality Type
8/13/1929
 Camas Creek 
 Douglas C. Ingram
Chelan National Forest
 Line Scout & Laison
 Fire entrapment
  Ernanie St. Luise
 Firefighter
 Fire entrapment
J.F. Marin
Firefighter
Heart Attack
           
1934  
Russell Blakely
Winthrop RD
Firefighter
Struck by rolling rock
           
6/23/1958
Eightmile Ridge
Robert H. Cavanaugh
Winthrop RD 
Smokejumper Pilot 
Smokejumper plane crash
Robert A. Carlman
Timber Sale Officer & SJ
During cargo drop on Monday
Keith (Alonso K.) Hendrickson
Smokejumper Foreman
at 1845.  Plane was a red, 
Gerald E. Helmer
Smokejumper
white, and black twin engine
Beechcraft (probably caused by strong downdraft)
7/26/1960
Beaver Lake
George E Carey
Twisp RD, Okanogan NF
Retardant Plane Pilot
B-25 Retardant Plane Crash
J.C. Brehm
Co-pilot
           
7/18/1970
Eightmile Ridge
Leroy Pennock

Winthrop RD, Okanogan NF

Firefighter II
Heart Attack
           
8/9/1985
Hubbard Creek
Joseph Coke
Winthrop RD, Okanogan NF
Helicopter Pilot
Alouette III helicopter crash
7/17/1987
Reynolds
Micheal P. Adams
Twisp RD, Okanogan NF
Faller
Struck by falling tree
7/10/2001
Thirtymile
Tom L. Craven
Methow RD, Okanogan NF
Firefighter I
Fire entrapment
Jessica Johnson
Firefighter II
Fire entrapment
Karen Fitzpatrick
Firefighter II
Fire entrapment
Devin Weaver
Firefighter II
Fire entrapment

For more information or T-shirt orders you can visit their website at www.MethowArts.org

Thank you for all of your donations!

CDA Metals-Larry Colson, Moccasin Lake Foundation, National Smokejumper Association, NCSB Reunion 2007, Hanks Harvest Foods, The Town of Winthrop, Winthrop Chamber, James & Emily Allen, John & Agnes Almquist, James Baker, Barter Family, Richard Beyer, Cordelia Bradburn, Donald & Jill Calvert, Bonnie Carlson, Carol Green Studio, Paula Christen, Karla Christenson, Bennett & Marcia Conner, Davis, C2C Liberty Wildfire, Incident Air Ops, John & Cindy Button, Phillip Remsberg Logging, Brothers Timberfallers, Alder Creek Firefighting,

Gordon Reynaud, Leuschen Family, H&H Firefighting, James Smothers, Aero Methow Rescue Service, Ron & Lucy Bryson, Frank Almquist, Dick & Susan Gormley, Jerry Utt's Apiary, Dave & Dottie Kiehle, Mark & Michelle Kahley, Washington Incident Mgmt Team 4, C2C Wildfire, Marc & Linda Robertson, George Marcott, S&L Services, JRD Construction-Gilbert Disautel Jr., Douglas & Michelle Frederick Wet-n-Red-Mark & Carol Hendershot, Chelan Volunteer Firefighter Association, William Furman, Ann Diamond, Audrey & Danny Dibble, Dunkel, Ehrenberg, Fire Vision llc, Eames, RIchard & Rebecca Fuller, Gantt, Roy Goss, Alex, Hall, Koreena Haynes, Emily Hallowell, Hensel, Larry Higbee, Hotel Rio Vista, Robert & Truth Hough, Don & Tonya Hover, Sheryl & David Hunter, Kurt & Lois Jacobson, Gerald & Robert Jessup, Elisabeth & Howard Johnson, Kate Jones, Tami Jordan, Mark & Michelle Kahley, Caitlin Bell Karapostoles, Dave & Dottie Kiehle, Don Kruse, Dan Kuperberg, Tar Lesmeister, Ernest LeVon, Jana & Ron Lone, Mac Shelton, Bob Macias, Susie Manezes, Jacob Marshall, McGowen Environmental, Robert W. McHugh, Mike Meyers, Carol & Mike Mitchell, william & Sandra Moody, Richard Murray, Nasco, Mary O'dell, Robert & Mary Jean Pell, Gordon Reynaud, River RUn Inn, Brock Shero, Cathy Silins, Gerald & Virginia Sparling, Jonathan & Danette Sprague, Stihl, Janet Stone, Tom & Carolyn SUllivan, Lee & Vanessa Throssel, WA Contract Firefighters, Wert, Richard & Cheryl Wrangle, Swift Current, Bruce Morrison, Dee Townsend, Heidi Bunker, Methow Arts Alliance, MV Industrial-Mark Edson, MV Ranger District, Palm Construction-Jerry Palm, Vic Stokes.