Co-Pilot Craig Labare, 36, of Loomis, California, died on June 17, 2002, when Pilot Steve Wass and his C-130 air tanker crashed after dropping fire retardant on the Cannon Fire in Walker, California. The air tanker, based at the Douglas County Airport in Minden, was on contract to the U.S. Forest Service. Steve, and Engineer… View Article

Keith Lemmons, of Portland Oregon, responded to a 3,000-acre brush fire as a firefighter assigned to a crew from Alaska. The crew was temporarily reassigned to Carson City during the high fire danger season. Keith was caught in the flames when the winds shifted. He was flown to a San Francisco burn center where he… View Article

On March 13, 1956, at 6:15 p.m., Assistant Fire Chief, Ed Meagher was killed in the line of duty while responding to a fire call at Victory Village. At that time Ed who was driving the Crown fire truck, which was two months old, struck a milk truck broadside at the intersection of Boulder Highway…. View Article

As a young man, Jerry Chapman attended AWANA club at Pampa Bible Church for 13 years. He came all the way through the program, which included learning the Word of God, actively serving in his church. After high school graduation, he went on a mission trip to Japan. After high school in 2005, Jerry chose… View Article