After 25 years of service as the town’s fire marshal, Paul Yellen will retire next month.
“I’m 66 and it sometimes feels like I’ve been here forever,” Yellen said. “I want to retire while I’m still in good health. My wife, who’s an infection control consultant, and I plan to move to our renovated home in Old Lyme.”
Yellen began working for the town in 1988 as Plainfield’s deputy fire marshal and was promoted in 1995. His path through the fire service began in the late 1970s while attending St. Michael’s College in Vermont.
Paul Yellen, Plainfield fire marshal, shows some of the many closed investigations from his 33 years of service. He plans to retire Feb. 4.
“The college’s emergency services were basically run by the students,” he said.