Martin McNamara of Clinton served on the 30-man Lancaster Fire Department for three years before dying in a series of explosions in the apartment building's basement on Saturday 11/29/2003.The day after his 31st birthday. "When the call for help went out, Martin McNamara selflessly responded as he has so many times before, with no regard for his own safety, but thinking only about the protection of others, Our prayers go out to his parents & wife Claire and his daughters, Molli, Elizabeth, & Marty The memory of his courage and bravery will live forever in our hearts."