Tyler Firefighters to Participate in Area Memorial Events

TYLER — A number of area observances are scheduled to commemorate Sunday’s tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. City of Tyler Fire Department personnel will be participating in several events throughout the day, including the following:

· City of Tyler Fire Department and Police Department personnel will be in attendance at a remembrance and dedication service at Green Acres Baptist Church. This service will pay tribute to local responders, in addition to honoring the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001. The Tyler Fire Department Honor Guard will also be on hand.
· Fire Department personnel will participate in a presentation at Woodland Hills Baptist Church in Tyler.
· Fire Department personnel will attend a memorial service at the New Covenant Church in Tyler.
· Firefighters and fire apparatus will be on-hand at the TISD Tyler-Lee Arts Center on Sunday afternoon.
· Four Tyler Firefighters will be participating in the Dallas 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb. This will be a very inspirational event that will honor each of the 343 FDNY firefighters who perished in the World Trade Center attack.
· Tyler Firefighters will continue to wear their 9/11 Commemorative shirts throughout the month of September.

Soon after the events of Sept. 11, 2001, the Tyler Fire Department began displaying the American Flag on each of its apparatus. Beginning this week, the fire department is once again placing American Flags back on their emergency equipment, in honor of those who sacrificed so much on that tragic day.