Welcome First Responders
To The 30th Jeffco Fire Engine Rally
Join us on September 28, 2024
10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Herculaneum City Park
776 Joachim Ave
IN MEMORIAM
Beginning with the 9th Jeffco Fire Engine Rally, a formal memorial was added to the rally opening ceremony to honor individuals associated with the Jefferson County fire service who had passed away since the previous fire engine rally. The following individuals have been recognized at the annual Jeffco Fire Engine Rally.
William Haggard – Herculaneum Fire Department
Date of Death: May 17, 2024
Michael Allen – Rock Community Fire Protection District &
Rock Township Ambulance District
Date of Death: March 19, 2022
Donald Herbert Anderson – Hematite Fire Protection District
Date of Death: February 27, 2013
Eldred Arnold – Rock Community Fire Protection District
Date of Death: December 13, 2017
Elva T. Asberry - Antonia Fire Protection District
Date of Death: March 26, 2018
Thomas Boston “Bud” Barrett – Herculaneum Fire Department
Date of Death: January 29, 2006
Paul B. Bates – Herculaneum Fire Department & Mapaville Fire Department
Date of Death: February 20, 2004
John W. Baynes – Dunklin Fire Protection District
Date of Death: December 4, 2021
Charles Becker – Rock Community Fire Protection District
Date of Death: December 20, 2007
Delmas E. “Bud” Becker – Herculaneum Fire Department
Date of Death: August 17, 2021
Ronald Ray Beckett – Mapaville Fire Protection District
Date of Death: February 21, 2022
Michael W. Bellafiore – High Ridge Fire Protection District
Date of Death: March 16. 2012
David J. Besand – Festus Fire Department, Dunklin & Hillsboro Fire Protection Districts
Date of Death: November 25, 2012
Heath M. Besand – Dunklin Fire Protection District
Date of Death: May 11, 2023
Charles F. Bieser – Hillsboro Fire Protection District
Date of Death: February 20, 2020
William E. Bingham – Crystal City Fire Department
Date of Death: June 30, 2018
William G. Blumer – Dunklin Fire Protection District
Date of Death: November 22, 2016
Roy Robert Bohle – Cedar Hill Fire Protection District
Date of Death: December 5, 2020
Bob Bohmie – High Ridge Fire Protection District
Date of Death: October 9, 2022
Terry Bouska – Goldman Fire Protection District
Date of Death: February 18, 2015
Donald L. Boyer – Festus Fire Department
Date of Death: September 20, 2016
Bruce E. Braun – Cedar Hill Fire Protection District
Date of Death: August 13, 2003
David A. Brewer – Mapaville Fire Protection District
Date of Death: December 24, 2020
Glenn “Doc” Brod – DeSoto Fire Department
Date of Death: March 21, 2022
Imogene Brust – Dunklin Fire Protection District
Date of Death: May 3, 2021
Alan L. Brod – DeSoto Fire Department
Date of Death: January 20, 2002
Donald F. Brown – Hillsboro Fire Protection District
Date of Death: January 10, 2023
Richard A. Brown – Goldman Fire Protection District
Date of Death: June 5, 2017
Nelda Lenhart Burns – High Ridge Fire Protection District
Date of Death: September 16, 2010
Alvin Buxton – Cedar Hill Fire Protection District
Date of Death: December 9, 2005
Dennis Cage – Festus Fire Department, Rock Community Fire Protection District & Crystal City Fire Department
Date of Death: April 22, 2007
James R. Cage – Festus Fire Department
Date of Death: August 22, 2004
Glenn Campbell – Dunklin Fire Protection District
Date of Death:
Andrew Christian Carstens – Jefferson R-7 Fire Protection District
Date of Death: April 12, 2010
Marvin G. Cawvey – DeSoto Fire Department
Date of Death: August 20, 2009
John N. Chamis – Herculaneum Fire Department
Date of Death: October 5, 2005
Charles “Curly” Coplin – Herculaneum Fire Department
Date of Death: February 7, 2002
Vincent A. Courtois – Festus Fire Department
Date of Death: February 24, 2017
Kevin L. Cremer – Festus Fire Department
Date of Death: January 24, 2022
Zachary J. Crowley – Hillsboro Fire Protection District
Date of Death: December 13, 2016
Zachary S. Daugherty – DeSoto Rural Fire Protection District
Date of Death: April 21, 2019
Gary David – Cedar Hill Fire Protection District
Date of Death: July 29, 2006
Steve Davis – High Ridge Fire Protection District
Date of Death: March 26, 2013
Norman C. Day – DeSoto Rural Fire Protection District
Date of Death: April 22, 2002
Charles J. “Jerry” DeClue – DeSoto Fire Department
Date of Death: January 1, 2021
Keith A. DeClue – Joachim-Plattin Ambulance District
Date of Death: June 15, 2021
Mason Dempsey – Crystal City Fire Department
Date of Death: January 4, 2005
Caleb Douglas – Festus Fire Department – Hematite Fire Protection District
Date of Death: December 20, 2017
Hershel A. Dugan – Herculaneum Fire Department
Date of Death: December 12, 2021
Charles E. Evans – Joachim-Plattin Ambulance District
Date of Death: May 17, 2007
Spencer Fodge – Goldman Fire Protection District
Date of Death: August 28, 2015
Richard E. Ford – Big River Ambulance District/Cedar Hill Fire Protection District
Date of Death: January 11, 2019
Emmett “Andy” Freeman – Herculaneum Fire Department
Date of Death: August 15, 2006
Joseph B. Gangloff - Rock Community Fire Protection District
Date of Death: January 12, 2011
Joe Geiler, Goldman Fire Protection District
Date of Death: July 4, 2018
Terry L. Gore – DeSoto Rural Fire Protection District
Date of Death: January 8, 2016
Casey Glenwood Haggard – Herculaneum Fire Department
Date of Death: October 31, 2002
Farris Hamlyn, Sr. – High Ridge Fire Protection District
Date of Death: February 10, 2015
Stephen F. Hammer - Jefferson R-7 Fire Protection District
Date of Death: February 8, 2019
Virgil F. Hammer, Jefferson R-7 Fire Protection District
Date of Death: January 20, 2017
Donnell E. Hayes – Jefferson R-7 Fire Protection District
Date of Death – December 21, 2019
Robert L. Hayes, Jr. – DeSoto Rural Fire Protection District
Date of Death: February 15, 2006
Emil C. Heimos, Jr. - Mapaville Fire Protection District
Date of Death: July 9, 2018
Elmer Held – Antonia Fire Protection District
Date of Death: October 13, 2005
Richard Hiel – Rock Township Ambulance District
Date of Death: January 17, 2023
Robert L. Hipes, Sr. – Hematite Fire Protection District
Date of Death: September 24, 2015
Alan Holt – Herculaneum Fire Department
Date of Death: June 22, 2022
Marvin J. “Jimmie” House – Herculaneum Fire Department
Date of Death: November 14, 2001
Ted W. Howell – DeSoto Fire Department & DeSoto Rural Fire Protection District
Date of Death: July 26, 2023
Wallace B. Huddleston – Herculaneum Fire Department
Date of Death: October 6, 2017
Donald Hurtgen, Sr. – Hillsboro Fire Protection District
Date of Death: April 28, 2013
Harold E. Hurtgen – Hillsboro & Hematite Fire Protection District
Date of Death: July 4, 2020
Theodore “Ted” Hurtgen, Jr. – Hillsboro Fire Protection District
Date of Death: June 9, 2011
John Hutson – Cedar Hill Fire Protection District
Date of Death: September 30, 2021
Christopher Irelan – Goldman Fire Protection District
Date of Death: October 21, 2012
Steven L. Irelan – Goldman Fire Protection District
Date of Death: October 16, 2017
Fred Edward Jackson – Jefferson R-7 Fire Protection District
Date of Death: January 10, 2010
Robert “Bob” Jacobsen – Missouri Division of Fire Safety
Date of Death: December 7, 2007
Stanley D. Johnston – Dunklin Fire Protection District
Date of Death: October 1, 2016
Thomas J. Keener – Hillsboro Fire Protection District
Date of Death: February 19, 2019
Phyllis Keller – Goldman Fire Protection District
Date of Death: October 30, 2012
Richard J. “Dick” King – Hillsboro Fire Protection District
Date of Death: June 3, 2020
Don Kosar – Antonia Fire Protection District
Date of Death: May 6, 2003
Carl H. Kraus, Antonia Fire Protection District
Date of Death: August 30, 2017
Michael Langsdorf – Saline Valley Fire Protection District
Date of Death: June 23, 2019
Al LaPointe – Rock Community Fire Protection District
Date of Death: March 2, 2023
Lawrence “Larry” Leonard – Goldman Fire Protection District
Date of Death: August 24, 2022
Calvin H.G. Lindwedel – Goldman Fire Protection District
Date of Death: July 30, 2019
Charles Lenhardt – High Ridge Fire Protection District
Date of Death:
Vincent “Fly” Mahn – Hillsboro Fire Protection District
Date of Death: August 26, 2011
Harold Maloney – Springdale Fire Protection District
Date of Death: November 28, 2013
Alvin G. Marschel – Goldman Fire Protection District
Date of Death: August 20, 2017
Daniel E. Marler – Herculaneum Fire Department
Date of Death: November 19, 2015
Dennis C. Marler – Herculaneum Fire Department
Date of Death: August 6, 2015
Herbert E. Marler – Herculaneum Fire Department
Date of Death: September 21, 2008
Kenneth E. Marler – Herculaneum Fire Department
Date of Death: January 16, 2020
Kenneth J. Marler – Herculaneum Fire Department
Date of Death: October 2, 2004
Vernon May – Cedar Hill Fire Protection District
Date of Death: July 11, 2006
William Mayer, Sr. – Rock Community Fire Protection District
Date of Death: June 7, 2003
William J. McCabe – Cedar Hill Fire Protection District
Date of Death: March 15, 2021
William T. McCredie – Rock Community Fire Protection District
Date of Death: May 20, 2019
Carlton Miller – High Ridge Fire Protection District
Date of Death: August 4, 2003
Donald C. Miller – Festus Fire Department
Date of Death: August 2, 2002
\Richard A. Miller – North Jefferson County Ambulance District
Date of Death: October 6, 2020
Thomas H. M. Murry – Herculaneum Fire Department
Date of Death: August 8, 2016
Rose Marie Nemeth – Big River Ambulance District
Date of Death: July 12, 2022
Steven W. Niemeyer – Saline Valley Fire Protection District
Date of Death: June 24, 2019
Jonathan T. Noce – Joachim-Plattin Ambulance District
Date of Death: May 25, 2016
Donald L. Null – DeSoto Rural Fire Protection District
Date of Death: July 22, 2022
Glynn E. Null – DeSoto Rural Fire Protection District
Date of Death: November 21, 2007
Robert E. Oberle – Festus Fire Department
Date of Death: December 8, 2020
Keith W. Parker – Crestwood Fire Department & Jeffco Fire Engine Rally
Date of Death: April 22, 2019
Oliver R. Pechmann – Cedar Hill Fire Protection District
Date of Death: November 17, 2018
Robert Pena – Rock Community Fire Protection District
Date of Death: October 20, 2007
Joseph F. Peery, Sr. – Jefferson R-7 Fire Protection District
Date of Death: November 24, 2015
Gary L. Peterein – Mapaville Fire Protection District
Date of Death: April 1, 2020
John J. Peterein – Mapaville Fire Protection District
Date of Death: November 27, 2010
Joseph Peters – Goldman Fire Protection District
Date of Death: April 25, 2013
Anthony A. “Tony” Picarella – Crystal City Fire Department
Date of Death: July 12, 2015
Douglas M. Picarella – Crystal City Fire Department
Date of Death: January 7, 2011
Joseph R. “Pat” Pinson – DeSoto Fire Department
Date of Death: June 14, 2012
Michael P. Pouliezos – DeSoto Rural Fire Protection District
Date of Death: May 9, 2019
Walter F. Radeacker – Cedar Hill Fire Protection District
Date of Death: March 12, 2010
Tillman U. Ratty – Dunklin Fire Protection District
Date of Death: September 12, 2017
Kenneth L. Reed – Hillsboro Fire Protection District & Dunklin Fire Protection District
Date of Death: October 28, 2018
Jeffrey R. Reissing – Goldman Fire Protection District
Date of Death: April 2, 2005
Elmer C. Revelle – Herculaneum Fire Department
Date of Death: February 15, 2003
John Michael “Mike” Richardson – Festus Fire Department &
Jefferson R-7 Fire Protection District
Date of Death: August 18, 2022
Dennis C. Robinson – Crystal City Fire Department
Date of Death: February 6, 2010
A. Eugene “Gene” Rolfe – Dunklin Fire Protection District
Date of Death: January 3, 2021
Robert Rose – Cedar Hill Fire Protection District
Date of Death: October 14, 2015
Russell L. Rose – Cedar Hill Fire Protection District
Date of Death: July 9, 2016
Michael Roth – Rock Community Fire Protection District
Date of Death: January 3, 2022
Paul F. Roth – Festus Fire Department
Date of Death: February 21, 2019
Burl J. Rudisaile – Festus Fire Department
Date of Death: November 26, 2018
David J. Rudisaile – Festus Fire Department
Date of Death: March 5, 2006
Brian K. Rudy – Hillsboro Fire Protection District/Valle Ambulance District
Goldman Fire Protection District
Date of Death: December 14, 2020
Emil Ruoff – Shady Valley Fire Protection District
Date of Death: March 3, 2022
Richard Saller – Antonia Fire Protection District
Date of Death: September 10, 2015
Dennis Sanchez – Festus & Crystal City Fire Departments
Joachim-Plattin Ambulance District
Date of Death: June 15, 2023
Arnold W. Schmidt III – Rock Community Fire Protection District
Date of Death: April 18, 2006
Wanda Schrage – Crystal City & Festus Fire Departments
Date of Death: September 19, 2007
Marvin Shaffrey – Cedar Hill Fire Protection District
Date of Death: November 3, 2021
Danny J. Scharf – DeSoto Fire Department
Date of Death: November 23, 2022
Robert W. (Bob) Schlingmann – Hillsboro Fire Protection District &
Goldman Fire Protection District
Date of Death: July 21, 2023
Tommy Seegers – DeSoto Rural Fire Protection District & Valle Ambulance District
Date of Death: May 5, 2023
Raymond Sheets – Herculaneum Fire Department & Dunklin Fire Protection District
Date of Death: November 15, 2006
Roger D. Shepard – Crystal City Fire Department
Date of Death: December 31, 2015
Delbert K. Shoults – Hematite Fire Protection District
Date of Death: February 25, 2017
Ronald S. Siebert – Jefferson R-7 Fire Protection District
Date of Death: November 9, 2020
Leo Siracusa – Crystal City Fire Department
Date of Death: March 5, 2012
Steven J. Siracusa – Crystal City Fire Department
Date of Death: July 17, 2015
John J. “Bud” Skiadas – Crystal City Fire Department
Date of Death: December 6, 2002
Emmet L. Smetzer, Jr. – DeSoto Rural Fire Protection District
Date of Death: March 18, 2006
Conrad S. Smith – Big River Ambulance District
Date of Death: June 6, 2008
Eldon J. “Bud” Smith – DeSoto Rural Fire Protection District
Date of Death: April 7, 2020
Eric M. Smoot – Hillsboro Fire Protection District
Date of Death: December 19, 2019
Curtis Eugene Speer – Dunklin Fire Protection District
Date of Death: December 19, 2017
Harlie Grover Spruell – DeSoto Fire Department
Date of Death: January 22, 2010
David Stark – Goldman Fire Protection District
Date of Death: March 3, 2008
Timothy Alvin Statzel – Festus Fire Department
Date of Death: January 23, 2012
Frank Wayne Tidd, Sr. – Mapaville Fire Protection District
Date of Death: July 14, 2019
Chester M. Turner – Festus Fire Department & Dunklin Fire Protection District
Date of Death: April 26, 2012
Robert J. Uhlinger, Jr. – Rock Community Fire Protection District
Date of Death: April 18, 2022
Frank C. Umbdenstock – Valle Ambulance District Jefferson R-7 Fire Protection District
Date of Death: July 19, 2017
Cindy Vaugh – Joachim-Plattin Ambulance District
Date of Death: April 26, 2023
David L. Viehland – Cedar Hill Fire Protection District
Date of Death: January 5, 2021
Erwin A. Viehland – Cedar Hill Fire Protection District
Date of Death: April 27, 2002
Glenn E. Visnoske – Joachim-Plattin Ambulance District
Date of Death: January 9, 2011
James C. Voss – Goldman Fire Protection District
Date of Death: November 15, 2019
Randy L. Voyles – DeSoto Rural Fire Protection District
Date of Death: August 26, 2016
Carol Wagner – Big River Ambulance District
Date of Death: July 22, 2019
Clarence Wagner – Goldman Fire Protection District
Date of Death: December 3, 2001
James G. Walker – Herculaneum Fire Department
Date of Death: July 4, 2013
Michael W. Warden – Festus Fire Department
Date of Death: April 14, 2019
Carol Watson – Cedar Hill Fire Protection District
Date of Death: February 10, 2016
Clarence O. Watson II – Hematite Fire Protection District
Date of Death: November 29, 2008
Carolyn R. Watz – Mapaville Fire Protection District
Date of Death: May 22, 2019
Wayne Weber – Cedar Hill Fire Protection District
Date of Death: January 2, 2015
Ronald W. Wehlage, Jr. – DeSoto Rural Fire Protection District
Date of Death: June 30, 2020
Steven Thomas West – Rock Community Fire Protection District
Date of Death: July 18, 2018
Bimel E. Wheelis – DeSoto Fire Department
Date of Death: January 18, 2002
Barbara A. Williams – Valle Ambulance District
Date of Death: April 9, 2023
Charles W. Winford – Dunklin Fire Protection District
Date of Death: December 7, 2002
Ambrose J. “Sonny” Wingbermuehle – Antonia Fire Protection District
Date of Death: December 2, 2007
Joseph A. “Joe” Wingbermuehle – Rock Community Fire Protection District
Date of Death: June 17, 2007
Ruth A. Wingbermuehle – Antonia Fire Protection District
Date of Death: June 7, 2014
William “Corky” Winkler – Crystal City Fire Department
Date of Death: July 20, 2010
Betty Wippler – Cedar Hill Fire Protection District
Date of Death: June 21, 2008
Alan D. Whitter – Festus Fire Department Hematite Fire Protection District
Date of Death: August 22, 2019
Walter D. Wolk – Mapaville Fire Protection District
Date of Death: November 19, 2019
John B. Wood – DeSoto Fire Department
Date of Death: June 13, 2022
Vandon Young – Cedar Hill Fire Protection District
Date of Death: November 12, 2005
James Zebas – Rock Community Fire Protection District
Date of Death: December 30, 2007
Chris Ziegelmeyer, Antonia Fire Protection District
Date of Death: September 26, 2011
Jules C. Zimmerman – Rock Community Fire Protection District
Date of Death: December 4, 2020
Lindbergh C. “Lindy” Zimmerman – Antonia Fire Protection District
Date of Death: May 8, 2003