{"id":646925,"date":"2026-05-03T12:50:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T12:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/646925\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T12:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T12:50:17","slug":"damian-buswell-dennis-jung-and-mark-mudie-added-to-fallen-firefighters-honour-roll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/646925\/","title":{"rendered":"Damian Buswell, Dennis Jung and Mark Mudie added to Fallen Firefighters\u2019 Honour Roll"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hundreds of people have honoured the families and legacies of Western Australia’s fallen firefighters at a memorial service in Kings Park on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Three names were added to the Fallen Firefighters’ Honour Roll, which includes volunteer and career firefighters who have died in the line of duty or as a consequence of their service.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Wreaths<\/p>\n

Wreaths has been laid to honour the fallen firefighters.\u00a0 (ABC News: Samantha Goerling)<\/p>\n

West River Bush Fire Service volunteer firefighter of 27 years, Gregory Mark Mudie, died while battling a fire near Ravensthorpe, in December last year.<\/p>\n

Career firefighter Damian Keiran Buswell, who worked in Welshpool and Albany, dedicated 32 years to emergency services and died from cancer in 2022.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Damian Buswell served as a district manager in the Southern Region for some periods of time.\u00a0 (Supplied)<\/p>\n

Denis Jung first joined the Carnarvon Volunteer Fire and Rescue Service in 2001 and later served as an aviation firefighter at Perth Airport.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Denis Jung joined the fire service as a volunteer in 2001.\u00a0 (Supplied)<\/p>\n

He also died of cancer in 2022, at the age of 39.<\/p>\n

Under WA’s Presumptive Legislation, it is presumed that a current or retired firefighter diagnosed with any of a list of 20 cancers acquired it in relation to their duties.<\/p>\n

The legislation was introduced so firefighters can access financial support for their treatment, but it guides the addition of names to the Fallen Firefighters’ Honour Roll.<\/p>\n

Minister for Emergency Services Paul Papalia said there are now 103 names on the honour roll, and the Firefighters’ Memorial in Kings Park.<\/p>\n

\"Hundreds<\/p>\n

Hundreds of people attended and paid their respects at the service.\u00a0 (ABC News: Samantha Goerling)<\/p>\n

“Names of individuals who made the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of their friends, family and community,” he said.<\/p>\n

Emergency Services commissioner Darren Klemm told the crowd that the fallen firefighters were remembered with deep respect for their courage and commitment<\/p>\n

“It’s important that our first responders continue to stand together and support each other through these times of loss,” he said.<\/p>\n

Farmer killed in bushfire identified<\/a><\/p>\n

A farmer who died trying to stop a “treacherous” fire from destroying his family’s property in WA’s south is identified as the local town’s deputy shire president.<\/p>\n

“While the pain of losing someone will never truly leave, families can take pride in their loved ones’ service and the legacy that they leave behind.<\/p>\n

“We will continue to honour those who have fallen, and stand with the families they leave behind.”<\/p>\n

The next of kin of the fallen firefighters were presented with a medallion honouring their service.<\/p>\n

The annual service is held as part of International Firefighter’s Day, at the Firefighters’ Memorial Grove in Kings Park.<\/p>\n

Nominations for the Fallen Firefighters’ Honour Roll can be made at any time to the Department of Fire and Emergency Services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hundreds of people have honoured the families and legacies of Western Australia’s fallen firefighters at a memorial service…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":646926,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,209329,17724,313006,52852,197602,313007,44,17174,17173,77436,86,45],"class_list":["post-646925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-department-of-fire-and-emergency-services","tag-emergency-services","tag-fallen-firefighters-honour-roll","tag-firefighters","tag-memorial-service","tag-minister-for-emergency-services-paul-papalia","tag-news","tag-news-perth","tag-news-wa","tag-paul-papalia","tag-perth-news","tag-wa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}