This 2003 truck was donated by the Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund to the Perry Center, NY Fire Department to be used as a first responder vehicle.  The truck was donated to the Fund by the North Massapequa Fire District.

Local firefighters share some of their favorite recipes to benefit a great cause.

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A photo from the 2009 Tunnel to Towers Run in NYC.

The Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund donated this heavy rescue to the Warner Oklahoma Fire Department courtesy of Commissioner Ron Kestenbaum of the Town of Babylon.

Members of the Department, family and friends gathered at St. Peter’s Church in Manhattan for the annual Blue Mass on October 15.

During the service, firefighters, EMS members, police officers and members of all other uniformed services were honored. The ceremony honored and recognized the sacrifice of police and firefighters and paid tribute those who have given their lives in service to their communities.

The annual tradition began in Washington DC in 1934 and has since spread to cities across the country as a way to honor “blue” collar workers.

New York City’s Blue Mass was organized by the Fire Family Transport Group, which provides transportation services to the families of injured, ill or deceased New York City Firefighters.

Following the service, the Terry Farrell Scholarship Fund dedicated a new vehicle to the Family Transport Group in honor of Firefighter Farrell from Rescue 4, who died on September 11, 2001. The Scholarship Fund provides education funds for the children of active, retired, disabled and deceased FDNY members or Long Island volunteer department members.

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With the anniversary of 9/11 approaching, local firefighters are remembering the fallen with their culinary skills. For firefighters, cooking is a huge part of the job.

“None of us are tiny, right?” joked Escondido Fire Captain Ken Slaven. “We haven’t missed many meals.”

There is quite a bit of pressure to cook enough and cook well.

“When new guys come in that’s one of the first things we ask them is, ‘What can you cook?’” said Engineer Micheal O’Connor.

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Brandon Paulson, son of Captain Chip Paulson of Escondido Fire Department received a $500.00 Scholarship from Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund of California. Brandon will be attending University of Pennsylvania.  Good learning and stay safe, Brandon!

At Killarney’s Irish Pub and Grill in Temecula, California, members of the California Chapter of the Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund recently held a fundraiser to support the families of firefighters in need.  Firefighters, along with their families and friends and members of their local community gathered for an evening of dinner, drinks, music and raffles, all in support of this charity that provides aid to the firefighting community.

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According to the FDNNTV website:

Always seeking creative means of raising awareness for the fire service charity, Jim Beam and the California Chapter of the Terry Farrell Fund partnered to develop “The Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund California Firehouse Cookbook and What Inspires Our Local Heroes”.  Slated for a September 2009 release, the special cookbook contains fifty recipes submitted by firehouses across the state of California, and will be sold to raise funds for and awareness about the charity.

Sheri Haupt of Beam Global Spirits and Wine explains her company’s involvement in this project saying, “We are trying to come up with creative ways to help our local heroes, to help these firefighters raise money and we thought this was a great opportunity, again getting their other skills out there other than just firefighting, and getting the communities involved, and having some fun with it.”

Demonstrating the preparation of “Pollo Asado Taco Salad”, one of the recipes that will appear in the cookbook, Mike O’Connor of the Escondido Fire Department explains that cooking is an important part of firehouse life in California and across the United States.  In his fire department he says, “The crew gets going.  We assign someone to cook or they volunteer.  Usually the youngest guy volunteers or the older guy will volunteer with him and teach him some of the recipes that have been long in the firehouse.”

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We had a great night of fundraising at O’Sullivan’s Irish Pub in San Deigo.  The Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund has found their west coast home!  Thanks goes to Jim Beam for supporting our mission.  What a night – to see the San Diego County Firefighters & FDNY Bag Pipers & Drums.  Firefighters froma cross San Diego County and from across the America FDNY, along with the FDNY retirees. We rocked the night away and raised $2,000.00 for the fund!  A special thanks to those who hosted the FDNY brothers, John Williamson and his crew. The FDNY Pipes & Drums rocked and we would love to have them back for a another visit. San Diego Fools rocked also! To all the North County Firefighters, we say Thank You!  Also thanks to Monica for the great gift baskets. Also to Mike Mellon, Jon Schmiser, Torrey Dawn: thanks for all did to help boost sale.

We look forward to a vibrant and robust California chapter!