The memorial is located on the north end of Trinity Park along West 7th Street. It occupies approximately five acres of park. » Get Directions
Hours of Operation
5:00am - 11:30pm
The displays and paths are always
illuminated.
By Mail
3801 Hulen Suite 101
Fort Worth, Texas 76107
By Phone
817-870-2171
George Herbert Buckland Sr.
Age:
61
Length of Service:
Unknown
Location of Incident:
Fort Worth, Texas
Date of Injury:
Dec. 11, 1962
Date of Death:
Dec. 11, 1962
Burial:
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Summary:
George Herbert Buckland Sr., joined the Fort Worth Fire Department Nov. 4, 1929. He worked at Station 20 on Meadowbrook at Oakland for about 2 weeks. Buckland was then transferred to Station 19 at Six-Points in Riverside. He was made a driver (now called Engineer) the first day at this station and performed these duties up to and including the day he fell dead.
On Dec. 11, George Buckland Sr., had been to a car fire and had been feeling bad when they left the station. The fire was a car fire on a car that went into the ditch, set its tires on fire spinning. He pumped for the red line and told one of the firemen that the tire smoke made it hard to breathe.
Arriving back at the station, Buckland stepped off the truck and asked one of the young firemen to watch the hose stuck in the booster tank, that his stomach was bothering him and he did not feel good and was going to sit down. The fireman went inside the station for a moment and returned a few minutes later to check on the hose and on George Buckland. The young fireman later related to the family that as he opened the screen door and looked, George Buckland slid off the bench into the floor.
Buckland was quickly taken to an area hospital, but they were never able to revive him.
These facts have been related by the family members of George Buckland Sr., and discussed at length with Jim Noah. No newspaper accounts of this fire have been found.
Tributes
Donnell Buckland
2010-08-07 18:58:25
May Your Light Always Shine.
