Captain – Fire Station 24
Deceased:
10/15/2021
Appointed:
05/19/1958
Pensioned:
05/19/1958 – FS24
Services:
PRIVATE
Donations:
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, PLEASE SEND DONATIONS TO:
Widows, Orphans & Disabled Firefighter’s Fund
PO BOX 41903
Los Angeles, CA 90041
George was the Apparatus Operator at my first house FS-30. Looking back he was a solid leader and helped me being a rookie tremendously. This was during the time when a TFC was first initiated and they were put on the Engine of the Task Force and then moved to the Truck. The three shifts did things a little different at FS-30, but under the direction of Captain Durkee, Capt. Baumgartner, and George Mc Connell, I felt being being on the “B” shift we were on the best shift. One of my first big incidents coming out of the drill tower was in Jan. of 1971. We were assigned during the earthquake incident at the veterans building in the Valley. Working side by side with George McConnell using borrowed jack hammers for rental yards to bore holes in a cement roof is a day to never forget. Being retired in northern NV, I have run into George a couple of times in Carson City at Costco, he was still the nice guy and a pleasure to have known him on the Department.