Deputy Chief Bruce Farrell, who is retiring this week after 37 years in the fire service in Summit County, on the scene of the 2015 Brush Creek Fire in the Lower Blue River Valley. Farrell became a Type III plans chief with the Upper Colorado River Interagency Incident Management Team, regularly deploying out of district for weeks at a time.
Photo from Summit Fire & EMS.
Summit Fire & EMS bid farewell to Deputy Chief Bruce Farrell last week, who retired after 37 years of service with fire and ambulance agencies in the county.
Farrell, 60, officially hung up his fire boots on Friday, Jan. 29, and plans to move to Arizona with his wife, Jennifer, to spend more time fishing, boating and traveling.