North Reading Pays Tribute To Chief Warnock

North Reading Firefighters Local 1857 paid tribute to Chief Bill Warnock's on his final day on the job.

Today January 19th 2018 marked the final day of Fire Chief William Warnock's career with the North Reading Fire Department.

Starting as a call firefighter, then rose through the ranks of every position from Firefighter, Captain, Deputy Chief and Fire Chief his career spanned over 35 years.

Chief Warnock was an advocate for the department to ensure that the members had the best equipment and training that was available and ensuring proper staffing so that the firefighters could do their jobs effectively.

His favorite line was "when the phone rings, we go" and Chief Warnock always led from the front and loved to get his hands dirty when working fires and other scenes. A standing room only crowd was on hand today to enjoy a BBQ lunch and watch the presentations, many of Chief Warnock's friends, family and town employees as well as members from more outside departments than can be listed were present.