Fire Fighter Memorial Garden
Date: 2004
Dimensions: Bronze figure on plinth, 78” tall; bronze bench, 14’ diameter x 15” tall
Media: Cast bronze, copper-nickel pipe, granite
Commissioned by: N. Highline Fire Department and the Beverly Park Community Club
A firefighter in firefighting gear salutes a fallen comrade as he is carried from a fire scene. He and his 45” tall granite plinth are surrounded and embraced by a 14’ diameter bronze bench. The top of the bench evokes the patterns of wood grain and of water, one being the element that is consumed by the fire, the other the element that quenches it. The face of the inner diameter of the bench reads: “This Memorial Is Dedicated To Fallen Firefighters Everywhere. For Those Who Have Given Their Lives in the Service of Others, We Are Forever Grateful.” The bench and figure are surrounded by a small garden of perennials and small trees and shrubs.
North Highline Fallen Firefighter Memorial
A small garden space is anchored by a half-life-size bronze figure of a firefighter saluting a fallen comrade, surrounded by a 10' diameter cast bronze bench.
Firefighter Salutes Fallen Comrade
This half-life-size bronze firefighter sculpture is in the center of the small Fallen Firefighter Memorial at the North Highline Fire Station south of Seattle.
Fallen Firefighter Memorial Bronze Bench
A ten-foot-diameter cast bronze bench surrounds the bronze firefighter sculpture, themed on both the wood that fuels the fire and the water that extinguishes it.
Saluting bronze firefighter
The bronze firefighter salutes a fallen comrade.
Fallen Firefighter Memorial Garden Bench
The front edge of the bench reads: "This memorial is dedicated to fallen firefighters everywhere. For those who have given their lives in the service of others, we are forever grateful."