Hero Thrill Show

The Hero Thrill Show was initiated in 1954. The previous year 8 firefighters were killed fighting a conflagration. The mission of the Hero Thrill Show is to raise money in order to pay for the college tuition of the children of Police Officers and/or Firefighters killed in the line of duty. Until January 2006, the Hero Thrill Show was produced by the Hero Scholarship Fund. Since 2006, The Hero Thrill Show is produced by the Hero Thrill Show, Inc. There is NO affiliation between the Hero Thrill Show, Inc. and the Hero Scholarship Fund.

On January 20, 2006 the President of the Hero Scholarship Fund announced that "After carefully comparing revenues over the past several years, including decreases as well as the expense and difficulty in putting on the show, it has been decided to discontinue the show...." In April, 2006, James J. Binns, a Philadelphia Lawyer founded the Hero Thrill Show Inc. which assumed the production of the Hero Thrill Show and the administration of the funds generated by the Hero Thrill Show. The Hero Thrill Show Inc, is NOT affiliated with the Hero Scholarship Fund. The Board of Directors is chaired by Mr. Binns and is comprised of the Police Commissioner, Fire Commissioner, President of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge Number 5, President of the International Association of Firefighters, Local 22, every member of City Council and a number of Philadelphia Business Leaders.