January - 2012
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The Wisconsin State Firefighter's Memorial, Inc. was built and is being maintained by tax-deductible donations and hundreds of volunteers who help keep this beautiful memorial in pristine condition. The Wisconsin State Tax Form allows anyone from the State of Wisconsin to make a donation to the WSFM by simply checking the box on the last page of your tax form. If you do your own taxes by simply ...checking this box and denoting what you would like to donate to the memorial, this amount will come off your return or be added to what you owe in taxes. If someone else prepares your taxes please let them know that you would like to make a donation to the WSFM in an amount you choose. Any donations to the WSFM are tax-deductible and will help maintain this beautiful State Memorial.
Thank you from the WSFM Board of Directors
9/11 Tribute Soon To Be Located Within the Wisconsin State Firefighters Memorial Park
In February of 2009, the Wisconsin State Firefighters Memorial Building was officially completed. The Memorial Building final cost came in at $379,000 with the Wisconsin State Firefighters Memorial, Inc. putting down $120,000 toward the project. The outstanding loan is $260,000, which the WSFM is pushing to pay off within 5 years. The loan was taken out on the project to offset the rise in construction costs versus attempting to raise all the funds needed for the building before construction would ensue. It became more cost effective to take out a short-term loan. We thank Wood Trust Bank for their confidence in the project, especially during these economic times.
The Memorial Building on site was designed and built to closely resemble a turn of the century Fire Station. The building was constructed with a brick facade and corner enhancements. Though it resembles a two-story structure, it is a one-story structure with visitors accessing the visitors center via the front door or the rear access doors. Once the memorial center is open to the public, visitors walking through the front door will be greeted with the Wisconsin State Firefighters Logo emblazened in the floor. The ceiling of the memorial center takes on the appearance of the old-time tin ceiling. To the right of the visitors there is a large apparatus room that will be for display purposes only. Visitors again will be able to view fire and memorial related displays. To the rear of the center there are restrooms.
The main room will contain display cases and other memorabalia pertinent to the Memorial; along with a Kiosk that will contain the names of Firefighters from across this great State who are serving or have served their respective communities.*
* The names in the Kiosk will come from all 860 plus departments across the State. Each department will have the responsibility to send the WSFM their rosters of personnel who have served their department and are serving presently. We anticipate being able to have the capacity to have a picture, and a short biography of each Firefighter. So we need each department to have at least one individual collect this information and get it into the WSFM.
Wisconsin Income Tax Check Off Donation
Firefighters, EMT’s, First Responders, & Friends of the Fire Service--
You can be a important part of the final payments for the Wisconsin State Firefighters Memorial by checking on your Wisconsin State Income Tax return a portion or all of your tax refund to be a part of the year donation to reduce the debt for OUR state memorial.
Fire Apparatus on Display at the WSFM Visitor Center
The Kiel Fire Department has on display their 1899 Steamer inside the Visitor Center.
The WSFM will be placing an apparatus on display for a period of one year at a time.
We thank all departments for the use of their fire apparatus and look forward to displaying others from around the state.
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