KINGDOM CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)
In honor of the fallen Missouri firefighters, the Missouri Capitol will be illuminated in red from sunset on Saturday until sunrise on Sunday.
The Fire Fighters Memorial Foundation of Missouri hosted a candlelight vigil at the memorial on Saturday night to pay tribute to all the deceased firefighters who lost their lives while on duty.
Two firefighters whose names were recently added to the monument wall commemorating fallen firefighters will also be recognized during a memorial service on Sunday. The Missouri Firefighters Memorial Board approved the additions to the wall following the confirmation of their 2021 deaths in the line of duty.
One of those three firefighters includes Captain Raymond Wynn of the Kansas City Fire Department, a 32-year veteran, who passed away from occupational cancer contracted in the line of duty on March 27, 2021.
Firefighter Tad Nolan Russell, a 10-year veteran of the Brumley Fire Protection District, passed away due to complications from contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty on Aug. 13, 2021.