“I have mixed feelings about retiring,” admitted Gorham Fire Chief Robert Lefebvre. “But Pooch’s passing got me thinking about what I wanted to do. I have been Gorham’s Chief for 36 years. I am 68 and the body catches up with the years,” he mused while glancing at the pictures on the wall above his desk. A photo of Lefebvre as a toddler in a toy firetruck and one as a teenager with the Westbrook Fire Department are evidence of the life-long commitment this son of a firefighter gave to his career and the two communities he served.
Six months after graduating from Westbrook High School, Lefebvre was a full-time firefighter. Byron Rogers, retired Westbrook Fire Chief who has known Lefebvre since those early days, was quick to say, “he is one helluva good guy who does the fire service a great honor.”