(Audubon, Iowa) – Audubon Mayor Barb Jacobsen, today (Friday), announced that she has proclaimed Sunday, December 17th as firefighter remembrance day, in honor of firefighter Chaplain Dan Beattie and all other firefighters who dedicated their lives to protecting the community.

The Mayor said on social media, “I ask that you lower your flags at 8:00 am on Sunday, December 17 until Monday at 8:00 pm. Memorial service will be held at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Audubon at 2:00 pm. Funeral service is at 10:30 am on Monday in Elsworth.”

Pastor Dan Beattie

Audubon Fire & Rescue Assoc. Facebook photo

“Pastor Dan,” as he was known, was one of five Fire Chaplains in the state of Iowa. He joined the Audubon Fire Department as a fire fighter in 2021 and achieved Fire Fighter I certification in 2023. He died as the result of injuries he suffered during a motorcycle accident on December 8th, in northwestern Dallas County.