Honoring Portland Firefighters Lost in the Line of Duty: Firefighter Tom Grenfell
Mar 25, 2011 at 8:21 AM 0 Comments
HONORING
PORTLAND FIREFIGHTERS
Lost in the Line of Duty
March 25, 1896
Tom Grenfell
On March 25, 1896, Tom Grenfell passed died in Good Samaritan Hospital during surgery for a perforated appendix. His injury began in January when, on a fire call, he was helping pull a fire engine up a steep grade to reach a house fire. He fell, badly rupturing himself. He met with a similar injury in March, just prior to admitting himself to the hospital for his appendix.
Grenfell was the last member of the Volunteer Fire Department still working since the city instituted a paid fire department on January 1, 1883. Portland used a volunteer firefighting force that began August 1, 1853. The Grenfell family would go on to provide dozens of firefighters throughout the long history of Portland Fire & Rescue.
Portland Fire & Rescue honors and remembers
Firefighter Grenfell's service.
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