The Raynham community is mourning the loss of retired Raynham Fire Chief James Januse, who died on Thursday at the age of 69 after battling illness, according to fire officials and his obituary.
Paula Vogler
Special to Wicked Local
EASTON - If he had stayed with his first course of study, Fire Chief Kevin Partridge would have had a long career as an electrical engineer.
Instead, after starting as a volunteer firefighter in Swansea in 1984 and switching his major to fire science, Partridge, 55, is in the midst of a long fire safety career spanning over 35 years, the last nine of which have been spent serving as Easton’s chief.
“I had a friend who was looking into joining the volunteer fire department (in Swansea) and told me about it,” Partridge said. “One of the volunteers, who is now my brother-in-law, lived in our neighborhood. Once I got in Swansea, I took a whole bunch of firefighter classes.”