Pender County has a new fire marshal, a Virginia native who has worked in public service since 1979.
Throughout his 40-plus year career, Mark Haraway served as a firefighter, training officer, deputy fire marshal, special operations coordinator, fire chief, deputy fire chief, and now will add fire marshal to his resume. Haraway indicated in a press release from the county that his passion to serve is inherent: It comes from a family line of public service.
“My grandfather was a police officer for 32 years, my dad was in the volunteer rescue squad and a career firefighter for 37 years, my uncle was a career firefighter, so it was kind of like the family business,” Haraway said.
He began volunteering at 16 years old at the rescue squad and was a Red Cross CPR and First Aid instructor.