"Firefighter Memorial" was commissioned by the Butler County Fire Chiefs Association as a memorial to men lost in the line of duty. The artist is George Danhires of Kent, Ohio. This life-size statue depicts a firefighter cradling a small child. Details in the statue are all frozen in bronze — the creases in the boot as the firefighter kneels with a rescued child, the twisted strap at his back, and the tread on the bottom of his boots. Financed by public and private donations, the memorial includes a plaque that lists 15 Butler County firefighters and EMTs who have died in the line of duty. "These souls sacrificed their lives protecting the citizens of Butler County". The first three names on the plaque - John M. Hunker, William M. Love, and George P. Fritz - died in 1912 battling a fire at the Butler County Courthouse.