Andy Valenta Memorial Ceremony

82 Firefighters Honored at California Fire Foundation Memorial for Line of Duty Deaths

The ceremony marked the 20th Anniversary of the California Firefighters Memorial in Sacramento’s Capitol Park. Firefighters, their families, departments and community leaders gathered in Sacramento on Saturday to pay tribute to the 82 California firefighters who lost their lives in the line of duty with a memorial ceremony at the Safe Credit Union Convention Center.

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Past Events

KABC Eaton Firefighter Cancer Screenings March 22, 2025

It was a beautiful weekend doing what we love… Helping to protect our firefighters! Particularly the ones heavily affected by the Eaton Fire. A small way we can give back. We provided free skin cancer screenings to 135 firefighters and referred 21 for biopsy. Cancer is the leading cause of

California Fire Foundation's Fire Lines Newsletter - Winter 2022/23

The California Fire Foundation published a full-page story on the Andy Valenta Melanoma Foundation and presented Caylie with a donation to assist in raising awareness of risk of melanoma for firefighters and providing annual skin checks to as many fire departments as possible.

Caylie Valenta Accepting Folded Flag in Honor of her husband

Caylie Valenta proudly accepted an American Flag on behalf of The Andy Valenta Melanoma Foundation. “To see his name permanently engraved in the Capital of California is incredible, something that our girls can always come back to and see their daddy’s name is in the Capital forever.”