List of firefighting monuments and memorials

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The list of firefighting monuments and memorials covers firefighters' contributions, and some memorials to other fire victims, such as the mass memorial to unknown victims of the 1871 Peshtigo fire, which caused the greatest loss of life of any fire in the United States. Several of the monuments and memorials are listed on historic registers such as, in the U.S., the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Australia

  • Firefighters' Memorial Grove or Firefighters Memorial Grove (2014), Kings Park, Western Australia{{Cite web|url=https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/government/state/display/60991-firefighters%60-memorial-grove|title=Firefighters' Memorial Grove | Monument Australia|website=monumentaustralia.org.au}}{{Cite web|url=https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/memorial-a-fitting-tribute-to-firefighters-ng-ya-370313|title = Memorial a fitting tribute to firefighters|date = 5 May 2014}}
  • Mooney Memorial Fountain (1880), Brisbane, Queensland
  • Firefighters Memorial Wall, CFA Training College, Fiskville, Victoria, access closed in 2015{{Cite web|url=https://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/about/firefighters-memorial|title = Firefighters Memorial}}
  • Victorian Emergency Services Memorial, Melbourne, Victoria, expected to be complete by 2019.
  • Fallen Firefighter Memorial, Richmond, Victoria{{Cite web|url=https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/government/state/display/95945-fallen-firefighter-memorial|title=Fallen Firefighter Memorial | Monument Australia|website=monumentaustralia.org.au}}

Canada

Germany

Poland

A 1986 stamp commemorated the Warsaw Fire Guard

Portugal

United Kingdom

  • National Firefighters Memorial (1998), London
  • Statue of James Braidwood (2008), located in Parliament Square in Edinburgh, Scotland. He founded what is asserted to be the world's first municipal fire service, in Edinburgh, after the Great Fire of Edinburgh in 1824.
  • Plaque for firefighter William Rae, Hunter Street, Glasgow{{cite web|title=On the trail of Glasgow's fire heroes|url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/13249363.on-the-trail-of-glasgows-fire-heroes/|access-date=2021-10-03|website=Glasgow Times|date=12 February 2013 |language=en}}

United States

Nebraska Firefighter & EMS Memorial, Kearney, Nebraska

Uruguay

  • Plaza de los Treinta y Tres, Montevideo

See also

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