Pa. Senate OKs plan to rename piece of Lehigh Street in honor of firefighter

• The Pa. Senate passed a bill that would name part of Lehigh Street after the late Chief Christopher Kiskeravage
• Kiskeravage died of cancer June 9
• The bill has been sent to the Pa. House for approval

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The late Allentown Fire Department’s assistant chief for training may soon be honored with a stretch of road named for him.

Chief Christopher Kiskeravage, who lost his three-year battle with cancer on June 9, served AFD for 23 years before becoming the first-ever fire commissioner for South Whitehall Township.

The Pa. Senate on Wednesday passed Bill 621 which would rename the part of Lehigh Street that runs by the Allentown Fire Training Academy after Kiskeravage, who led the academy for many years. Indeed, the academy was dedicated to Kiskeravage in August after the completion of a new emergency operations center at its 1902 Lehigh St. facility.

The road would be designated as the Chief Christopher Kiskeravage Memorial Highway, according to Kelly Leighton from state Sen Nick Miller's office.

Miller, D-Lehigh/Northampton, had high praise for Kiskeravage.

“He was a key component of the implementation of the Allentown Fire Department Technical Rescue Team and spent so much of his life teaching emergency medical technicians from around the world on topics related to fire suppression and safety. His legacy will live on,” Miller said.

The bill has been sent to the state House of Representatives for its approval.