City of Beacon Fire Department

This Memorial section honors those firefighters that have made the supreme sacrifice to our community by giving their lives in the performance of their duties. In addition, this section remembers those members, active and retired, that have left us too soon. This section also honors those firefighters who have given their life's from local departments.

J. Robert Cramer - Engine 33-12 (Lewis Tompkins Hose)
	January 29, 1955: J. Robert Cramer... Firefighter Cramer lost his life when a fire swept the three floors of a Main Street tavern and apartment. As he had many times before, J. Robert Cramer responded to the alarm. True to the fireman's code, he forgot his own safety and entered the building to rescue a child reported to be in the apartment. In doing so, one of Beacon's best-liked men lost his life in the line of duty.
Tompkins Hose Members bearing the casket of fallen firefighter Cramer during his funeral.	Tompkins Hose Members bearing the casket of fallen firefighter Cramer during his funeral.

This section is in memory to all of the firefighters, police, emergency medical personnel, and other emergency personnel who gave their life's during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington D.C., and Pennsylvania.