A little over one year since the passing of a Swift Current firefighter, recognition of his service comes from the upper echelon of the Canadian government.

Wyatt Evans, a firefighter who lost his battle with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma on August 10, 2017, took his place on the Canadian Firefighters Memorial in Ottawa on September 9.

The cancer that lead to Evans' passing is automatically chalked up to a work-related fatality in regards to firefighters.

Evans' joined 20 other names from Saskatchewan etched into the monument, including two from Swift Current.

Around 10 other names of Canadian firefighters who passed away in the past year to year and a half, and around 50 fallen firefighter from the past who are just receiving recognition on the monument created in 2012.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in attendance at the ceremony held to honour fallen firefighters.

Families of fallen firefighters at the event were provided with a ceremonial firefighter helmet, as well as being able to briefly speak with Trudeau.

Darren McClelland, fire chief for Swift Current Fire Department, was in attendance at the event and said that he enjoyed the ceremony despite the circumstances.

"I mean, to be honest, it was fantastic, I mean it's sad and emotional to be there, and for ourselves, being from Swift Current and having Wyatt go on the wall, you know, it hits home, we all knew Wyatt," McClelland commented. "The mood was, I don't want to say somber or anything like that. It was very compassionate and kind of serious when you have two to three hundred firefighters marching in with the pipes and the drums and the Prime Minister was there, I mean it was a really well run event."

McClelland also said that they have been invited to go to the International Fallen Firefighter Memorial monument in Colorado Springs to see Evans' name inducted on September 15.