All good things must come to an end, and that is the case for retiring Morgantown Fire Department Captain William Rinehart.
Rinehart has been with the department for 30 years and he said what he’s going to remember are the calls he went out on both good and bad.
Rinehart’s colleagues pitched in to buy him a retirement preset, an ax on a wooden mantle. He was joined by his wife, mother-in-law, nephew and colleagues, who he said are like an extended family to him. “It’s a little overwhelming, I didn’t anticipate all these people showing up,” Rinehart said. “I figured it would be a crew thing and that would be it but several more showed up that I didn’t expect.”
Looking back, Rinehart said what will stand out most are all the calls he went out on, both the good and bad ones. Rinehart said he didn’t expect to be a firefighter when he was growing up.