SOUTH COLUMBIA, Columbia — The South Carolina Firefighters Association held a memorial service at the Koger Center in Columbia to remember those who had died in the line of duty.
Over 50 names were called out at the end of the Sunday afternoon service -- in memory of full time and volunteer firefighters and rescue personnel who lost their lives while protecting the lives and property of fellow South Carolinians.
The service came at the end of a week-long Fire Rescue Service.
After an invocation by Chaplain Gene Ball, there was the ceremonial laying of the memorial wreath and a reel of photographs of the fallen. The main Message of Hope delivered by Chaplain Gary Rogers before the handing out of memorial plaques to family members.
