Wildland Firefighters National Monument

The site of the monument and its surrounding park was originally a parking lot.^[1]

Three eight-foot (2.4 m) tall, bronze statues of firefighters, which were designed and created by American sculptor Lawrence Nowlan, are the centerpiece of the monument.^[1][2] A waterfall feature was designed by Bill Mitchell and Hugh Carson, both Fire Center employees. Mr. Carson, a former stone mason, spent two summers building the water feature, with daily assistance from the Boise Smokejumpers, who mixed cement and placed rocks in place that they had gathered from a local quarry. Ted Rex used a large front-end loader to gather several larger rocks, one weighing four tons which required the largest crane in Boise to place.^[1]

The monument and sculptures are surrounded by one acre (0.40 ha) of land. A walkway, with commemorative granite stones inscribed with the names of donors and other supporters, brings visitors through the park leads to the memorial.^[1] The surrounding area has been landscaped using native trees, wildflowers, shrubs and grass which are native to Idaho.^[1]

A replica of one of Lawrence Nowlan's firefighter sculptures was installed in Prescott, Arizona, in August 2013, to commemorate the lives of nineteen firefighters killed in the Yarnell Hill Fire of June 2013.^[3]

• List of firefighting monuments and memorials

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