The Road to the Top
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On the morning of
While going to my office, I went through the dayroom to say good morning to the firefighters and I would leave the same way by saying goodbye at the end of the day. On my last day at work, the firefighters were lined up at the dayroom door to say goodbye and Doug was waiting at my car. Talk about being emotional!
I was in my office going through my in-box and reading the daily lineup when my phone rang. It was my wife telling me that an airplane had hit a highrise building in
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About the Book
This book details my two fire service careers that took me to the “bumpy” road to the top. These careers consumed almost 34 years of my life. In this book I also included my colorful and exciting pre-teen and teenage years as well as my Navy experience.
I originally wanted to be a Montgomery County Police Officer while in high school but after I finished my time with the Navy Seabees, unexpected events led me to the fire service. The fire service then afforded me an interesting career.
In this book you will see where I was honored by being invited to “Ground Zero” by some of the FDNY Firefighters. This by far was the most emotional trip I have ever undertaken.
About the Author
Chief Wetsel was the Chief for Midway Fire Rescue in
His “bumpy” road to the top started out as a volunteer in 1963 and covered four departments. The author’s personal life had a lot of bumps along the way but he managed to become successful.
With all this and a lot of support, the Chief endured all the bumps and made it to “The Road To The Top”.