Training series to honor 4 Hilltop Hose firefighters killed in line of duty 30 years ago
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Mike Krzeminski, chief of Hilltop Hose in Harrison, is an instructor at the Allegheny County Fire Academy. His company’s vehicles bear the date of Dec. 20, 1991, when four Hilltop firefighters died fighting a fire at a business in Brackenridge.
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Emblems on Hilltop Hose fire trucks bear the names of four of the company’s members who died responding to a fire in Brackenridge on Dec. 20, 1991.
Brian C. Rittmeyer | Tribune-Review
Four Hilltop Hose firefighters died Dec. 20, 1991 responding to a fire at West Interior Services, a furniture refinishing business then on Brackenridge Avenue at Morgan Street in Brackenridge. A private home stands on the property today.
Brian C. Rittmeyer | Tribune-Review
A memorial to four Hilltop Hose firefighters killed in the line of duty in December 1991 stands in front of the company’s firehall on Cambridge Street in Harrison.
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The ruins of West Interior Services at Morgan Street and Brackenridge Avenue in Brackenridge on Friday, Dec. 20, 1991.
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Mark Emanuelson (center) is consoled by Citizens Hose firefighter Bob Negley (right) and a Hilltop Hose firefighter after learning that his brother, Dave, died in a fire at West Interior Services in Brackenridge on Friday, Dec. 20, 1991.
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The funeral service for four firefighter who perished in a blaze at West Interior Services in Brackenridge on Friday, Dec. 20, 1991.
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The funeral procession for four firefighter who perished in a blaze at West Interior Services in Brackenridge on Friday, Dec. 20, 1991.
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Hilltop Hose firefighters (from left) Michael Celicki Burns, David Emanuelson, Rick Frantz and Frank Veri Jr. died in a fire at West Interior Services in Brackenridge on Friday, Dec. 20, 1991.
