Edward Hutchinson wants to make a fitting exit after more than six decades as fire chief.
“I want to get on a horse and ride off like John Wayne into the sunset, and wave,” said Hutchinson, who will turn 95 in November. “I want a little humor.”
The man popularly known as “Hutch” will not run for a 22nd term, leaving the fire department to find another leader for the first time since 1953.
Hutchinson has been chief longer than most of his firefighters have been alive.
“Sixty-three years is a long friggin' time,” he said.
It is time to pass the job to someone new, he said — and for a well-deserved retirement after decades spent constantly on call.
“Fire chief in Greensburg is 24 hours, seven days a week,” Hutchinson said.