Montana Symbols
Montana State Firefighters Memorial Park
City of Laurel, Montana
Adopted in 2003.
The City of Laurel home to Montana's State Firefighters Memorial Park was adopted in 2003.
Montana State Firefighters' Memorial groundbreaking ceremony in Laurel, Montana, was on June 11th, 2004, at 6:00 p.m. with firefighters from across the state to witness the groundbreaking for the memorial.
Montana State Firefighters
Memorial Park:
City of Laurel, Montana
Montana State Firefighters
215 West 1st Street
Laurel, Montana 59044
Phone: (406) 628-873
Fax: (406) 628-4641
E-mail: Laurel Fire Department
The memorial, first proposed in 2001, is beautiful in its simplicity and currently under construction. Arranged in a key-hole shape, a cement path will lead to a circle 343 inches in diameter, representing the 343 firefighters who lost their lives in the World Trade Center tragedy Sept. 11, 2001.
The northwest arc of the circle will be hemmed by three flags - the US flag, Montana state flag, and firefighters flag - and three 4' by 4' stainless steel Maltese crosses. The center cross will bear the name of the memorial, flanked by a cross representing career firefighters and another representing volunteer firefighters. The newly planted trees will grow at either side of crosses.
Montana House Bill No. 353
Introduced By Laszloffy, McGee
AN ACT NAMING THE CITY OF LAUREL, MONTANA, AS THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE MONTANA STATE FIREFIGHTERS' MEMORIAL.
AN ACT NAMING THE CITY OF LAUREL, MONTANA, AS THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE MONTANA STATE FIREFIGHTERS' MEMORIAL.
WHEREAS, firefighters in the State of Montana have put themselves in dangerous situations to protect lives and property; and
WHEREAS, some firefighters have paid the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature wants to honor those who have died in the line of duty and recognize those deceased firefighters in the State of Montana who
dedicated 20 or more years of their lives in service as firefighters; and
WHEREAS, the Laurel Volunteer Fire Company initiated the planning and logistics for construction of a Montana State Firefighters' Memorial; and
WHEREAS, the City of Laurel has adopted City Resolution R01-24 that dedicates the property at the corner of West First Street and Second Avenue East
of the Fire, Ambulance, and Police Building in the City of Laurel and has renamed the property "Firefighters' Memorial Park"; and
WHEREAS, the Laurel Volunteer Fire Company has received unanimous backing from the Montana State Volunteer Firefighters Association and the Montana
Fire Alliance for the construction of the firefighters' memorial in the City of Laurel; and
WHEREAS, Governor Judy Martz has presented a Governor's Citation to the Laurel Volunteer Fire Company, dedicating the park as the future home of the
Montana State Firefighters' Memorial.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Montana state firefighters' memorial. (1) The site chosen by the city of Laurel, Montana, as "firefighters' memorial park" is officially
designated as the location of the Montana state firefighters' memorial.
(2) The department of commerce and the department of transportation shall identify the memorial in Laurel on official state maps and, where appropriate,
on state highway signs as the official state firefighters' memorial.
Section 2. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 1, chapter 1, part 5, and the provisions of
Title 1, chapter 1, part 5, apply to [section 1].
Montana Law
The law designating the site chosen by the city of Laurel, Montana as the official Montana state firefighters' memorial is found in the Montana Revised Statutes, Title 1, Chapter 1, Part 5, Section 1-1-519
TITLE 1. GENERAL LAWS AND DEFINITIONS
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Part 5. State Symbols - Official Designations
1-1-519. Montana state firefighters' memorial.
(1) The site chosen by the city of Laurel, Montana, as "firefighters' memorial park" is officially designated as the location of the Montana state
firefighters' memorial.
(2) The department of commerce and the department of transportation shall identify the memorial in Laurel on official state maps and, where appropriate,
on state highway signs as the official state firefighters' memorial.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 70, L. 2003
