After working for the City of Tempe for more than 30 years, Tempe Fire Medical Rescue Department is saying goodbye to their longtime fire truck mechanic who is going into retirement.
12 News spoke with Miller during his last day on the job.
“One of my first words was truck,” said Charlie Miller, who has worked with the City of Tempe for 32 years, 28 of those with TFMR as a fire truck mechanic. Now, after a lot of time, dedication and hard work, the devoted fire truck mechanic is retiring from the Tempe Fire Department.
On any scene of a fire, what we all see from the outside looking in are the firefighters on the ground or hoisted up on equipment, often putting out the flames or rescuing someone.
But behind it all, there’s another big team, backing these crews.