Last week, Ford Road from Wayne to Newburgh was officially named Firefighter Brian Woehlke Memorial Highway in memory of the first and only Westland firefighter to lose his life during the performance of his duties. The renaming was made possible by the approved of State of Michigan Public Act 439, House Bill 4985. Woehlke lost his life May 8, 2013 during a fire at Marvaso’s Italian Grille/The Electric Stick. Woehlke, 29, died of smoke and soot inhalation while fighting the early morning fire at the restaurant located in a strip center on Wayne Road at Hunter. Woehlke died of thermal injuries and smoke and soot inhalation as he fought the blaze.
