Patricia Faulhaber
Suburbanite correspondent
JACKSON TWP. Fire Chief Tracy Hogue is preparing for another step in his career, a career he has wanted since a young age.
He is retiring effective March 12.
Hogue’s success started as a volunteer firefighter in 1976 before coming a paid firefighter/paramedic in 1985. From there, he was promoted to captain in 1997. He then became captain of the Fire Prevention Bureau in 2001 before he was appointed Fire Chief on March 12, 2011. He will be retiring exactly 10 years from the day he was appointed chief at 4:30 p.m. on March 12.
“My parents told me I wanted to be a firefighter from a young age and my retiring this year is a pension required retirement at my age,” wrote Hogue. “I decided to apply for the fire chief’s job after Fire Chief Ted Heck announced his retirement. I had worked under him for 35 years and felt I could keep the department running and continue to build and improve on the foundation he had established here.