Bel Air Firefighters Memorialize Erik Steciak

Harford and Howard county first responders gathered together Saturday to remember their colleague and friend who died nearly six months ago.

Erik Steciak died in the line of duty, while responding to a motorist in distress on Jan. 6 off Patterson Mill Road.

The Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company, where he worked as a paramedic, and the West Friendship Volunteer Fire Department, where he volunteered and was a captain, dedicated his grave marker on May 30, according to a report from Bel Air.

Steciak, who was 29 and lived in Columbia, will also be remembered at the Fallen Heroes Ceremony on Friday, June 12, at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens in Lutherville-Timonium.

He is one of six Maryland first responders who died in the line of duty in the past year that will be memorialized during the statewide event.

Photo Credit: Sgt. Kevin Kadolph of Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company.

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