Past Donations

Since its inception, the Firefighters Memorial Ride, LLC has made donations to the following groups and individuals.

  • The Cleveland Fallen Firefighters Fund
  • The Western Reserve Fire Museum
  • The 87th Street Fire Victims Fund (Cleveland's largest residential fire fatality, May 21, 2005)
  • Family of Wellington Firefighter "Buzz" Anderson who died in the line of duty June 22, 2006
  • Family of Sharon Twp Firefighter Jeff Murray who died in the line of duty February 13, 2007
  • Family of Cleveland Hts Police Officer Jason West, who died in the line of duty May 26, 2007
  • The Charleston Firefighters Fund, in memory of "The Charleston 9" who died in the line of duty June 18, 2007
  • Family of former Chester Township Fire Chief and Beachwood Firefighter Ed Hanzel, who died in Iraq while working for a fire protection contractor on December 31, 2007
  • Cleveland Firefighter Lucious Thomas, who was diagnosed with ALS in 2008
  • Cleveland Police Officer Derek Owens, who died in the line of duty March 1, 2008
  • The Colerain Township Firefighters Memorial Fund, in memory of Captain Broxterman and Firefighter Schira who died in the line of duty April 4, 2008
  • Family of Twinsburg Police Officer Joshua Miktarian, who died in the line of duty July 13, 2008
  • Tickets purchased for a fundraiser benefitting the family of Cleveland Firefighter Kenneth "Mike" Alderman, who died July 19, 2008
  • Family of Gary L. Studer - Whitehouse Ohio Fire Department, who died in the line of duty June 28, 2008
  • Family of Richard L. Kear- Pitt Township Volunteer Fire Dept., Harpster Ohio, who died in the line of duty July 7, 2008
  • Family of Greg Northup- Gallipolis Ohio Fire Department, who died in the line of duty September 3, 2008
  • Family of Michael J. Darrington- Toledo Ohio Fire and Rescue, who died in the line of duty February 27, 2009
  • Family of Mentor Firefighter Matt Henk, who passed away iin August of 2009.
  • Families of Buffalo, NY Lt. Charles McCarthy and Firefighter Jonathan Croom, who died while battling a 3 Alarm fire on Monday August 24th, 2009.
  • Family of Lancaster Fire Department Lieutenant Joseph McCafferty, 59, who died on January 16, 2010 after suffering a stroke while fighting a fire earlier in the month.
  • Family of Cleveland EMS Paramedic Jerome Stockwell Sr., who died in February of 2010.
  • Family of Cleveland EMS Paramedic James "J.T." Taylor, who died in February of 2010.
  • Family of Independence FD Lt Edward D. Teare, who died in the line of duty in March 2010
  • Family of Firefighter Leo Powell, Morgan Township Volunteer Fire Department, passed away on April 3, 2010, from an apparent heart attack.
  • Family of Captain Randy Boley, age 51, Clinton Township Volunteer Fire Department, 51, who passed away following two back-to-back EMS calls.
  • Family of Columbus Firefighter John Moore, age 56, died in the line of duty on March 29th, 2010 of an apparent heart attack.
  • Family of Twinsburg Firefighter Ty Marlin, 46, died off duty on April 18, 2010.
  • Family of McCarthur Firefighter Ryan Seitz, age 26, died in the line of duty on September 24, 2010 while fighting a large grass fire.
  • Family of Lynchburg Area Joint Fire and Ambulance District Firefighter Robert Hall, age 57, died in the line of duty from cardiac arrest on September 27, 2010.
  • Family of Columbus MedFlight Flight Paramedic Shawn Baker, age 42, died in the line of duty from an apparent heart attack on October 19, 2010
  • Family of Jerusalem Twp Firefighter Daniel Wilson, age 58, died in the line of duty from a heart attack on
    October 20, 2010.
  • Family of Dayton Lt. Kevin Quinn, age 52, died in the line of duty from cardiac arrest on October 30, 2010.