Last Alarm


This page is dedicated to the Fallen Members of the City of Olean Fire Department.

Please check back as we are creating new pages for our fallen brothers. Any highlighted names have more information posted. Family members are encouraged to contact us with any information or pictures that they would like to share.

(Firefighter) Thomas E. Brown – 1933 (LODD)
(Captain) James F. Brown – 1934
(Firefighter) Joseph J. Ursoy – 1939
(Captain) Leo French – 1945
(Captain) Robert C. Baker – 1945
(Firefighter) Howard J. Levett
(Captain) Robert F. Smith – 1949
(Firefighter) William A. McCarthy
(Firefighter) John W. Gibbons – 1949
(Chief) Frank Wallen
(Chief) Frank Savage
(Captain) Paul W. Davis – 1965
(Lieutenant) Fred H. Wholeben – 1967
(Act/Captain) Frank J. Rucinski – 1967
(Firefighter) Joseph A. Casey – 1967
(Firefighter) Charles Bingerman – 1967
William T. Armstrong – 1968
(Captain) Walter L. Zink – 1968
(Firefighter) Paul Cyphert – 1973
(Firefighter) John A. Woodruff – 1974
(Firefighter) John E. Melnyk – 1977
**Mrs. Theo B. Sheldon – 1984**
(Firefighter) George Williams – 1990
(Firefighter) Herbie Elmore – 1994
(Captain) Larry G. Young – 1998
(Chief) C. James Young – 2004
(Firefighter) Ronald J. Sherburne – 2005
(Lieutenant) Michael J. Winicki – 2007
(Department Chaplain) Fr. Greg Brennan – 2007
(Firefighter) Paul Connelly – 2009
(Firefighter) Frank M. Ensell Jr. – 2009
(Chief) John Gibbons – 2010