Fire & EMS Tributes
The Nebraska Firefighters & EMS Memorial is proud to honor those who have served & who are currently serving as firefighters & emergency medical providers in Nebraska. In order to accomplish this, families, friends & departments are invited to sponsor name engravings as tributes to individuals which will ensure that they are remembered & honored for generations to come.
Lining the perimeter of the Nebraska Firefighters & EMS Memorial, stand red brick bases topped with black granite caps which feature the sponsored names of many of Nebraska’s past & present firefighters & EMTs. Name engraving tributes may be purchased in order to honor individual members of any Nebraska fire department or affiliated rescue organization. These engravings include the individual’s name, department & first–last years of service.
As we believe current members of Nebraska fire & rescue departments should receive recognition for their service prior to their passing, the Nebraska Firefighters & EMS Memorial is designed such that should an individual be a current member of a fire and/or rescue department, only his or her first year of service will be initially engraved. After the individual retires or “expires,” the last year of service will be added to the engraving upon submission of notification to the Museum office.
To order a name engraving to honor a Nebraska firefighter or emergency medical provider who is important to you, please click HERE.
The Nebraska Firefighters & EMS Memorial serves as a tribute to the individuals who have or are serving as Nebraska’s heroes.
Abramson, Evald “Abe”
Abramson, Mark
Anderson, Robert – Brule
Arps, Lowell – Fremont
Baker, Brett – Chadron
Baker, Jerry – Chadron
Barker, James “Jim” – Franklin
Bartling, Fred W – Hebron
Bassett, Darrell – Ogallala
Baumert, Mike – Scribner
Beaumont, Glen – Snyder
Becker, Michael “Pappy” – GI/Lincoln
Beerbohm, Gene – Kearney
Bell, Mike – Ogallala
Bleyhl, Kennard – Snyder
Bleyhl, Walter - Snyder
Blumm Jr, Henry – Scribner
Bolden, Duane “Duke” – Fremont
Booth, Joseph P. – Lincoln Southeast Rural
Bourque, Rick – Ogallala
Brooker, Jim W – Kearney
Burger, Kenneth – Snyder
Burkink, Jeff – Scribner
Busse, Edward R – Fremont
Carson, Donald T – Kearney
Cartwright, JD – Ogallala
Cerny, Al – Fremont
Cerny, Joel – Linwood
Cerny, Rhonda – Linwood
Chada, Christopher – North Platte
Chada, Ron – Brule/North Platte
Chudomelka, Clarence – Scribner
Colton Jr, Everett L – Omaha
Cordes, Carrol – Scribner
Cordes, Phil – Scribner
Derr, Roger – Wood River
Diaz, Ray – Ogallala
Dickerson, Bruce – Fremont
Dickerson, Carl – Fremont
Dickmeyer, Paul – Fremont
Dirkschneider, Norbert – Snyder
Dostal, Don – Scribner
Ebel, Jim – Scribner
Eirich, Terry – Kearney
Elliott, Leroy – Gering
Englund, LaVern – Holdrege
Ericksen, Gregg – Hampton/Holdrege
Fern, Lamoyne – Kearney
Feusner, Darrell – Holdrege
Feusner, Jeremy – Holdrege
Feusner, Scott – Holdrege
Fleecs, Lloyd “Sonny” – Hershey
Fredrickson, R. D. – Snyder
Friskopp, Paul – Axtell/Shelton
Fortune, Bill – Ogallala
German, Robert E – Pierce
Gerwick, Henry – Snyder
Gibbons, James P – Omaha
Giesselmann, Larry – Snyder
Groppe, Myron – Scribner
Harvey, James “Jim” – Kearney
Hemberger, Jeremy – Kenesaw/Roseland
Hemberger, Lee – Roseland
Herbolsheimer, Dale – Pierce
Herbolsheimer, Fred – Scribner
Herbolsheimer, Glenn – Scribner
Herring, Robert “Huk” – Fremont
Hilderbrand, Chuck – Ogallala
Hixson, Gerald L – Pierce
Hoeft, Ronald – York
Hoffman, Terry – Ogallala
Holbein, Dale E – Lexington
Hood, Francis – Ogallala
Hood, Tracy - Ogallala
Hormel, Murray – Scribner
Hurt, Ken – Scribner
Isaac, Bradley R – Kearney
Jahrmarkt, Raymond – Snyder
Jenkins, Howard – Gering
Jobman, Don – Kearney
Klockman, Kevin – Ogallala
Knoepfel, Ken – Ogallala
Kouba, David L – Kearney
Kouba, Sterling L – Kearney
Lallman, Ed – Fremont
Largent, Robert – Hildreth
Larsen, Robert – Gering
Loeffer, Kenneth – Fremont
Longbine, Jack – Fremont
Luebbert, Elmer – Snyder
Lundy, Nathan “Bud” – York
Lundy, William “Bill” – York
Martens, Ron – Arlington
Mathis, Gealy – Chadron
Mauch, John – Scribner
Maxcy, Tim – Gering
Maxey, James D “Jim”
Merkling, Ernest M – Fremont
Meyerink, Mark – Scribner
Mimick, Henry – Fremont
Moyer, Miles – Scribner
Myers, Arlyn “Arnie” – Benkelman
Nantkes, Dustin – Holdrege
Nantkes, Jeff – Holdrege
Nelson, Bruce – Holdrege
Nelson, Donald R – Fremont
Nelson, Gary – Kearney
Nelson, Louie – Fremont
Netherland, Wesley – Gering
Nichols, Francis M – Imperial
Niles, Rick – Ogallala
Olson, Ron – Ogallala
Olson, Wayne – Kearney
Ostergard, Don – Gothenburg
Pascale, Casey – Ogallala
Paul, Jeff – Ogallala
Peters, Joe – Ogallala
Poncik, Travis – Ogallala
Prenzlow Sr., John E – Snyder
Reeder, Junior “J D” – Imperial
Reineke, Robert J – Kearney
Reker, Lonnie – Fremont
Renter, Ray – Snyder
Richards, Loren C – Kearney
Rumery, Delwin – Scribner
Ruppert, Ed – Scribner
Scarborough, Robert D – Kearney
Schenk, David – Hildreth
Schepler, Merle – Wilcox
Schlueter, Richard – Snyder
Schmer, Wes – Ogallala
Schoeneck, Arlan – Snyder
Schrack, Gary – Ogallala
Schroeder, Walter – Snyder
Seals, Terry – Kearney
Seitler, Steve – Ogallala
Shafer, Wm “Bill” – Kearney
Shannon, Bobby J – Fremont
Shelburne, Rod – Ogallala
Simmerman, Dell – Ogallala
Skallberg, Donald – Holdrege
Skillett, C F “Corky” – Scottsbluff/Broken Bow
Smeal, Donald L – Snyder
Smeal, Ray – Snyder
Spellman, Dan – Kearney
Spellman, Richard A – Kearney
Spellman, Robert “Ace” – Shelton
Stevens, Gary – Lincoln SW Rural
Stockamp, Paul – Scribner
Stover, Herbert – Fremont
Strayer, Kerby Lee – Beaver City
Strayer, Lee William – Beaver City
Strong, John – Snyder
Stumpe, Dennis – Scribner
Stuhr, Allen – Waco
Swanson, Richard – Scribner
Teegerstom, Quintin “Pete” – York
Templar, W. H. “Bill” – Gering
Theis, Gisel – Kearney
Thomas, Ken – Scribner
Tienken, Gary – Scribner
Triplett, Virgil – Kearney
Thompson, Daniel – Kearney
Thompson, Jerome “Jerry” – Kearney
Tracy, Kenneth R – Kearney
Vance, Sherman – Fremont
Van Lengen, R. J. – Hastings
VanPelt, Ben – Ogallala
Vogltance, Bob E – West Point
Vonderlage, Ervin – Fremont
Wagner, Ralph – Scribner
Walburn, Nibs – Ogallala
Weddle, Merritt E – Fremont
Weed, Andrea – Kearney
Weed, Garnsey – Kearney
Weed, Gordon H – Kearney
White, Robert – Scribner
Wiese, Lloyd – Scribner
Wolf, Robert – South Sioux City
Wyatt, Jake – Ogallala
Zierke, Gene – Pierce
Zierke, Monte R – Pierce
As new names will be periodically added to the Memorial & to our website, if the name of a Nebraska firefighter or EMT who is important to you is not listed here, please click HERE to order a name engraving today!



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