{"id":133153,"date":"2026-08-07T12:44:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T16:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iaff.org\/news\/le-capitaine-des-pompiers-a-la-retraite-du-comte-de-baltimore-edwin-martin-le-plus-vieux-pompier-au-monde-seteint-a-111-ans\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T12:58:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T16:58:38","slug":"le-capitaine-des-pompiers-a-la-retraite-du-comte-de-baltimore-edwin-martin-le-plus-vieux-pompier-au-monde-seteint-a-111-ans","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.iaff.org\/fr-ca\/news\/le-capitaine-des-pompiers-a-la-retraite-du-comte-de-baltimore-edwin-martin-le-plus-vieux-pompier-au-monde-seteint-a-111-ans\/","title":{"rendered":"Le capitaine des pompiers \u00e0 la retraite du comt\u00e9 de Baltimore, Edwin Martin, le plus vieux pompier au monde, s\u2019\u00e9teint \u00e0 111 ans"},"content":{"rendered":"<section\n\t class=\"page-blocks iaff-page-blocks align wp-block-acf-page-blocks\" id=\"page-blocks_block_5c5df1573157dff78a7f954ac9ad290b\">\n\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph \">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le capitaine \u00e0 la retraite du service d\u2019incendie du comt\u00e9 de Baltimore, Edwin \u00ab Ed \u00bb Martin, reconnu comme le plus vieux pompier vivant au monde, est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 le 24 juillet \u00e0 Lehigh Acres, en Floride. Il \u00e9tait \u00e2g\u00e9 de 111 ans. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph \">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M. Martin s\u2019est joint au service d\u2019incendie du comt\u00e9 de Baltimore (BCFD) en 1943 et a pass\u00e9 21 ans \u00e0 la caserne 9 d\u2019Edgemere. Tout au long de sa carri\u00e8re, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 un fier membre de la section locale 1311 des pompiers professionnels du comt\u00e9 de Baltimore. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph \">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En 1964, M. Martin a pris sa retraite du BCFD et s\u2019est install\u00e9 en Floride, o\u00f9 il a v\u00e9cu pendant plus de 60 ans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph \">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La retraite n\u2019a pas dur\u00e9 longtemps pour M. Martin. En 1967, il a poursuivi sa carri\u00e8re de service en se joignant au district de contr\u00f4le des incendies et de secours de Lehigh Acres en tant que b\u00e9n\u00e9vole. Il a ensuite occup\u00e9 presque tous les postes de direction au sein du service, agissant comme chef par int\u00e9rim en 1970 et chef adjoint de 1971 \u00e0 1976.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph \">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La long\u00e9vit\u00e9 historique de M. Martin a attir\u00e9 l\u2019attention nationale au cours de ses derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es. En juin 2026, \u00e0 la suite du d\u00e9c\u00e8s de Luis Cano, du New Jersey, \u00e2g\u00e9 de 111 ans, M. Martin est devenu l\u2019homme vivant le plus \u00e2g\u00e9 connu aux \u00c9tats-Unis. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph \">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dans une d\u00e9claration honorant la vie et le service de M. Martin, le service d\u2019incendie du comt\u00e9 de Baltimore a conclu son hommage par ces mots : \u00ab Reposez en paix, capitaine. Votre quart de travail est termin\u00e9, mais votre h\u00e9ritage ne sera jamais oubli\u00e9. \u00bb<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;galleryId&quot;:&quot;6a792bb513673&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/gallery\" class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a792bb519648&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a792bb519648\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"995\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" 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