Hockessin’s William Peirson, Jr.

Hockessin Fire Company (HFC) hosted a celebration of life and sounded a final alarm on March 25, 2023, forLife MemberWilliam Peirson, Jr., who passed away on March 9. Bill joined HFC in 1972 and served as a Firefighter,

Director, Fire Police, and also crushed many home runs forthe HFC softball team years ago! Bill is also the fatherof HFC members Tim, Billy and Amanda Peirson.

- Submitted by Mark Felicetti

Dover AFB’s Jeremy C. Lundgren

Jeremy C. Lundgren died unexpectedly on March 31, 2023, with his mother, stepfather, and sister by his side. He was 32.

Jeremy served honorably in the Air Force for over 11 years as a firefighter. Upon completion of his military service as a Master Se rgeant, Jeremy continued to serve his country as a civilian firefighter at Dover Air Force Base, in which he served as a Station Chief and a Fire Inspector.

Jeremy will be missed forever by everyone who knew him, especially his two children, Kinleigh Christine and Mason Leonard. Dover AFB Fire and Emergency Services would like to thank everyone for the overwhelming support and love shared over the past couple of months from our fellow Air Force and local fire departments.

The family requests memorial donations to be made to Tunnels to Towers organization and/or American Heart Association.

- Submitted by Howard R. Smith

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It will provide additional funding for the unfunded liability portion of our pension program, 800 MHz radios, and disposal and replacement of PFAS foam. Also an increase in Medicaid payments for ambulance runs are in the works.

As I close, I want to make it clear we need every nickel that t his legislation will provide. We are grateful that we have this fundin g for FY2024 but it is not enough. The fire service is far short of what is required to operate in today’s changing world. An Adequate Sustainable Funding income stream appropriately shared and secu red by all of our governmental entities is necessary for the survival of the volunteer fire service here in Delaware! Failure is not an opti on for what we do!