The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Fire Administration will be holding the 28th Annual National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend on October 2-4, 2009. A plaque with the names of 103 firefighters who died in the line of duty in 2008 will be added to the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial, located in Emmitsburg, Maryland on the National Fire Academy Campus. The names of 19 firefighters who died in previous years will also be added. The plaques surrounding the Memorial, which was established in 1981, will contain the names of more than 3,300 firefighters.

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