Maj Stan Mead

Sep 24, 2019 | Air Force, Fire

Major Stanley “Stan” Mead was born in Charlotte, Michigan, on May 7, 1954. During high school, he loved his motorcycle and working on cars. He wanted to become an engineer and knew he could not afford college on his own, so the Air Force ROTC program seemed like the...

Firefighter Edward Gaicki

Sep 6, 2019 | EMT/Paramedic, Fire

Edward Gaicki, a six-year firefighter and paramedic, had gone into a commercial building to search for people and fight a massive four-alarm blaze when the roof collapsed on him, and he died. He had been nominated for the Tempe Jaycees’ Outstanding Young Firefighter...

Fire Chief Ronald C. Lewis

Aug 27, 2019 | Fire

Ronald C. Lewis, who served as the Richmond Fire Department’s first African-American chief and fought discrimination to secure equal opportunities for a generation of black firefighters, died Friday. He was 84. Mr. Lewis headed the department from 1978 until his...

Fire Chief Debra Pryor (Ret.)

Aug 23, 2019 | Fire

BERKELEY — It’s a drizzly cold Tuesday evening and Berkeley Fire Chief Debra Pryor is outside the city’s public safety building talking to a homeless man with two shopping carts piled high with possessions. The man loops in and out of lucidity, but Pryor doesn’t...

Firefighter Regina Wilson

Aug 14, 2019 | Fire

For the first time in its 75-year history, the Vulcan Society of black firefighters has elected a female president. Regina Wilson’s new role is the latest achievement for the pioneering firefighter from Brooklyn who joined the FDNY in 1999. “Being named...

Firefighter Richard Driscoll

Jul 24, 2019 | Fire

A retired FDNY firefighter, who labored at Ground Zero in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, has died, making him the 200th member of the department to succumb to World Trade Center attack-related illness. “It is almost incomprehensible that...