At 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, radios of area first responders crackled with a special announcement.
The city’s Police Department and Emergency Medical Service congratulated EMS Chief Al Lincks on his retirement.
“The EMS chief has dedicated 38 years of superior service to the city’s emergency services and has been on the forefront of EMS,” the dispatcher broadcast. “He has helped and watched the service grow into what it is today and what it will be like in the future.”
The current EMS, launched during Mayor Harry Curley’s administration, answered its first service call June 4, 1990, offering a more advanced level care.