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Friday, January 9, 2009

LACFD: honor fallen colleague - Engine re-numbering ceremony

Los Angeles County firefighters to honor fallen colleague today

LACoFD - Engine 9
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The Los Angeles County Fire Department will re- number one of its fire engines today to honor the memory of a firefighter who died in the line of duty 18 years ago.

At a ceremony at Fire Station 16, county fire Chief P. Michael Freeman and newly installed Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas will formally re-number Engine 216 as Engine 9 to honor slain firefighter Jim Howe.

Today's ceremony will include members of Howe's family as well as fire department personnel who worked with him.

Howe drove the fire engine back when it carried Engine Company 9. He suffered fatal injuries Jan. 9, 1991, while fighting an arson fire in a commercial building in Huntington Park. Part of the building collapsed on him, and he died from his injuries a week later at age 47.

Old Engine 9 was redesignated as No. 216 in 1994 when the fire department reconfigured its stations.

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