The annual National Defence Fire Service Round-Up is one of our Firefightrs most important social events when we come together to pay our respects to those that have gone before us during the preceding year. 

This year the event was held in Ottawa on 16 October 2025 at the downtown NDHQ Ottawa Junor Ranks Mess. The social gathering afterwards gave our retired and serving Fire Service members a chance to get reacquainted with old friends and establish new friendships during an enjoyable lunch together.

The Coordinator for this year's event was LCol Lee Goodman (Ret'd) who presented the introduction address and the reading of names. The ringing of Eight Bells to Honour our lost friends was by LCol Gaetan Morinville (Ret’d).

The thirty one (31) names on this year's Honour Roll for 2024 - 2025 that were read to all are listed below:

• Clyde Carty - Passed in 1983 at age 60 years old. Toronto, ON.
• Lewis Jelley - Passed on 21 Feb 2002 at age 73. Mountainview, ON.
• Frank Arthur - Passed on 16 August 2010 at age 81. Mission, BC. 
• Leonard Clarke - Passed on 16 August 2011 at age 94. Kamloops, BC.
• Michael Roy - Passed on 6 July 2015 at the age of 68. Nanaimo, BC. 
• Robert Nicholson - Passed on 7 June 2016 at age 76. Fredericton, NB.
• Ross Doyle – Passed on 20 October 2023 at age 76. Truro, NS
• George Maidment - Passed on 14 December 2023 at age 74. Clarksville NS.
• Steve Drebit - Passed on 6 July 2024 at the age of 85. North Bay, ON.
• David Gorton - Passed on 31 October 2024. Dartmouth, NS.
• Jack Alexander - Passed on 1 November 2024. Harlowe, ON.
• Gord Davis - Passed on 9 November 2024. North Bay, ON.
• Josephine Ogaick - Passed on 8 December 2024 at age 71. ON.
• Paul Chellew - Passed on 19 December 2024 at age 89. North Bay, ON.
• Sam Bullock - Passed on 10 December 2024 at age 74. Olds, AB.
• Ronald Pinsent - Passed on 14 January 2025. Dildo, NL.
• Mike Ness - Passed on 14 January 2025 at age 80 Years. Halifax, NS.
• Walter Zillman - Passed on 26 Jan 2025 at age 94. Beausejour, MB.
• Bill Benn - Passed on 4 Feb 2025 at the age of 82. Duncan, BC.
• Tom O’Gorman - Passed on 3 March 2025. Penhold AB.
• Garrett Powers - Passed on 16 May 2025 at age 42. Halifax, NS
• Wayne Laverdure - Passed on 10 June 2025 at age 80. Kingston, ON.
• David Geddes - Passed on 14 June 2025 at age 83. Kingston, NS.
• Jim Munro - Passed on 23 June 2025 at age 80. Ottawa, ON.
• David Lewis  - Passed on 7 July 2025 at age 75. Elmvale, ON.
• Bill Cole - Passed on 16 July 2025 at age 80. Courtenay, BC.
• Brian Gunn - Passed on 7 August 2025 at age 78. Kentville, NS.
• Firmin Guimond - Passed on 16 August 2025 at the age of 90. Hamilton, ON.
• Bill Bergdahl - Passed on 15 September 2025 at age 74. Saint John, NB.
• Mike Hudec - Passed in August 2025  in Iffezheim, Germany.
• Bruno Moreau - Passed on 2 October 2025 at Bagotville, Quebec

This was followed by a minute of silence with a toast to their memory.

Bless Them All~

Submitted by CWO Joe Walker (Ret’d)