Firefighting is in 84-year-old Russell Schlick’s blood.
Nearly every inch of Schlick's Green Haven home is filled with firefighting iconography: paintings of fire fighting, trophies from fire equipment competitions, awards and official citations awarded during his 70-year fire fighting career, and there's his 12-year-old dog, "Sparky," that is, of course, a Dalmatian. His passion can be seen by anyone who passes his house; fire equipment is parked in a lot next to two tall garages housing four pieces of equipment. He also has a firefighter statue in his yard.