Captain Bradley James Tanner of the London Hearth Division (LFD) had a facet job for a decade instructing individuals, together with the London Police Service how one can use defibrillators.
Saturday morning, one was given in honour of the late captain, who handed away in 2022.
“Today marks our 196th donation of a defibrillator,” mentioned Patrick Armstrong, govt director of the Dave Mounsey Memorial Fund. “We’ve had seven successful lives saved since we started in 2009, and today, we are honouring fallen firefighter Captain Tanner.”
The donation was made to The Rep Room London, a health club in Hyde Park.
“This is like an insurance policy we hope we don’t use,” mentioned Pete Morgan, proprietor of the Rep Room.
A 30-year profession led to PTSD, which took his life in Could of ‘22.
Captain Bradley Tanner of the London Fire Department suffered a PTSD-related death in May 2022. (Source: London Fire Department) Tanner’s passing was the primary PTSD dying acknowledged by the LFD.
“The defibrillator is being donated in my father’s honour,” mentioned Ariel Tanner, Bradley’s daughter. “He loved his job. My mom told me recently that dad was on one of the first trucks that had defib in London. I think he was kind of nervous about it at first, because he was new on the department as well. But it’s just a great full circle moment.”
That is the eighth defibrillator donated in honour of a fallen member of the LFD.
“When we first started in 2009, London Fire supported us from the very beginning, along with the OPP and the Ontario Provincial Police Association, London Fire were part of our first event and we’ve just always had significant ties with them,” mentioned Armstrong.
A brand new AED was donated to the Rep Room in London, Ont. on Oct. 19, 2024, in honour of fallen firefighter Bradley Tanner. (Brent Lale/ London)After the presentation, Morgan took some members of the LFD by a ‘hero workout.’
“The idea behind the hero workout is, is to honour somebody who is a fallen soldier, a fallen EMS worker, or somebody who gave a huge sacrifice for the value of the benefit of others,” mentioned Morgan.
“The idea is to push yourself, to feel a little bit of pain. It’s an opportunity to honour that person by suffering a little and understanding, or at least trying to feel what maybe they went through to some degree. It’s certainly not the same, but we want to honour them by pushing ourselves hard,” Morgan added
The exercise included burpees, field jumps, skipping, and rowing.
London firefighter Matthew Wilson takes half within the ‘Hero Workout’ on the Rep Room London on Oct. 19, 2024 (Brent Lale/ London) Firefighter Bob Geilen labored with Tanner, and mentioned he’d be laughing at their try to finish this exercise.
“He had a great yet twisted sense of humour,” mentioned Geilen “He loved to push us, make us laugh, and we’re going to cry doing this, but it’s all worth it.”
Ariel mentioned her father would respect the exercise for him, and doubtless would have taken half to honour a fellow firefighter.
“Dad liked to find new ways to workout,” mentioned Ariel. “He didn’t like to stay in one place too long, so he was always biking to work or lifting weights. This kind of thing he would have liked.”
