Ian Johnson, now retiring, is one of only a handful of UK firefighters to reach the 50-year mark.
Ian Johnson, left, with chief fire officer Phil ShillitoA firefighter is retiring after becoming one of only a handful in the UK to chalk up 50 years of operational service.He has spent the past 27 years as watch manager in Brough, East Yorkshire.in North Lincolnshire, which left 28 workers dead.
"I went outside and saw a large plume of smoke in the air across the Humber and decided it would be best to head to the station." Following in the footsteps of his father, who was also a watch manager at Brough fire station, Mr Johnson - then aged 21 - joined East Riding Fire Brigade six months before it became the present-day service.
"A Land Rover from Beverley fire station would come with some hydraulic equipment," Mr Johnson added.He said another major change had been the amount of prevention work firefighters now did, educating the public on fire safety, which he said had helped reduced the number of house fires.
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