Light the Night for Fallen Firefighters

The Palm Coast Fire Department and the National Fallen Firefighter Foundation invite the community to light up their homes, businesses, and community in red for fallen firefighters.

Every year, the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation sponsors the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend, the official national tribute to those firefighters who died in the line of duty during the previous year. In 2017, the Foundation created Light the Night for Fallen Firefighters to recognize the 25th anniversary of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend. Since then, Light the Night for Fallen Firefighters has expanded to include fire departments and families lighting their homes in red.

This year the Palm Coast Fire Department lights the night for Fallen Firefighter Brant Gammon, who passed away on November 3, 2022. Firefighter-Paramedic Gammon began his career with the Palm Coast Fire Department in 2018 as a volunteer firefighter. He joined the ranks of the career staff in October 2020 as a Firefighter-EMT; he was promoted to paramedic shortly before he passed away. 

As dusk turns to dark, landmarks, homes, fire service organizations, and businesses across the country will again glow in respect from May 4-7, 2023, to the fallen and their families. Palm Coast City Hall, the Palm Coast Community Center, the Palm Harbor Golf Club, the Palm Coast Aquatics Center, the Palm Coast Tennis Center, the fountains on Palm Harbor Parkway and Palm Coast Parkway, and all five fire stations will be illuminated red during this time. 

If you’re in the spirit to light the night for fallen firefighters, send in your photos to communications@palmcoastgov.com, and we’ll share them on social media! 

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