 Firefighters respond to emergencies every day throughout the nation. The same is true in our region. Most of the time they return home safe to their families, but they are times they do not. One local department wants those names of fallen firefighters remembered. As Pikeville Fire Chief Patrick Bentley and Pikeville Fire Department Battalion Chief Mitch Case explains, there is an event planned to raise money for a fallen firefighter's memorial wall. We got actually having a firefighters ball to take the money for what we raise at the ball for a firefighters memorial. As you well well we've had nine line of duty deaths in Pike County. We've had one at Popple City. Back in 1976 a man named by Captain James B. McKenzie, but there's been numerous throughout the years in Pike County and we just want to build a memorial for them. You know just like you know places has the memorial we need a firefighter's memorial. The wall will honor those who pay the ultimate sacrifice protecting their communities. We need to do something out there to to for these guys names to be remembered forever because they made the ultimate sacrifice trying to try to be there for their brothers and sisters in the fire service as well as the community that they serve. I mean being being volunteers all volunteers with the exception of one and they're just responding to calls to try to help somebody and they paid the ultimate sacrifice, let this world without their families and they always need to be remembered for that sacrifice. The firefighters ball will be held Tuesday October 8th at the Appalachian Wireless Arena and will be a formal attire event. Tickets are available at Pikeville City Hall.