As the days count down to his retirement, Stephen Carroll doesn't seem to be running toward the door, as retirees often do.
Greensboro Fire Chief Bobby Nugent didn't grow up in a family full of firefighters and dream of the day that he, too, would join the fire service.
The bill sponsor says it will save administrative expenses by moving the new Firefighters' Retirement Plan, established by the 2012 reforms and dominated by city appointees, back under the old Firemen's Retirement System board.
Rob Fisher talks with Dan DeGryse and Mike Gagliano about traversing the transition from the fire service to retirement.
Assistant Fire Chief Joseph Aiello is retiring after three decades in the fire service.
Haverhill Fire Chief William Laliberty is retiring and the firefighters union wants one of its own to replace him.
While leaving the department will be bittersweet, retiring Fire Chief Leonard Champion is eager to give more time to his instructor duties at the Allan Hancock College Fire Academy.
Whitfield County commissioners looked at the possibility of changing the terms of retirement for firefighters and sheriff's deputies to allow them to retire at age 55 with 25 years of employment with the county.
Shawn Wanner, Charleston’s newest fire chief and 24-year department veteran, said the department has so far weathered a pandemic, a tragedy and a wave of retirements in 2020. He hopes that resiliency remains while under his watch.
After nearly 30 years with the fire department, Chief Brian Mohr will retire on Nov. 16, officials announced Friday.