July 18, 2018 - Members of the fire service are invited to the Celebration of Life for CAL FIRE Heavy Fire Equipment Operator Braden Varney. The Celebration of Life will be Monday, July 23 at 11:00 A.M.  It will be held at The House Modesto located at 1601 Coffee Road in Modesto. Please RSVP.

Please see additional information on the flyer attached (below) regarding a Celebration of Life for our fallen brother, CAL FIRE HFEO Braden Varney.

Braden's Funeral is open to the public.

Cards, flowers, and donations for the Varney family can be mailed to:
CAL FIRE Madera-Mariposa-Merced Headquarters
Attn: Jaime Williams c/o Varney family
5366 Highway 49 North
Mariposa, CA 95338

California Dozers Operators Group is encouraged to attend, however, due to limited space we are requesting no dozers or transports. The HFEO community will have representation with CAL FIRE dozers, transports and tenders.

Source: CAL FIRE