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NEWS RELEASES
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: OFD Commander Vicki Robles (321) 229-2093
Heather Allebaugh (407) 246-3423
Cassandra Lafser (407) 246-2182
 Orlando Fire Department to Remember
Fallen Hero
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WHAT: |
The Orlando Fire Department will hold a
remembrance ceremony honoring Assistant Chief Calvin
Bookhardt, who gave the ultimate sacrifice for the citizens
of Orlando.
On December 2, 1972, at approximately midnight, a call went
out for a structure fire at 52 West Central Boulevard.
Orlando Fire Department Units arrived on the scene and began
what would be a three hour battle before the fire was
extinguished.
Assistant Chief Bookhardt, a 20-year Orlando Fire Department
veteran, was positioned on the roof directing operations
when the west wall of the building began to collapse.
Assistant Chief Bookhardt tried to escape but he did not
make it. The Downtown Orlando fire also injured 12 other
firemen with four of them being hospitalized.
This Thursday, December 2, members of Chief Bookhardt’s
family will join the Orlando Fire Department to honor his
memory.
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WHO: |
Orlando Fire Department
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer
Orlando Fire Chief John Miller
Family members of Chief Calvin Bookhardt |
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WHEN: |
December 2, 2010
2:00 p.m.
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WHERE:
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Orlando Firehouse 1
78 West Central Boulevard
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