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Deputy fire chief set to enjoy ‘six Saturdays and one Sunday’

Dennis Glenn retiring after 41 years with Fairfield Dept.

Fairfield Deputy Fire Chief Dennis Glenn is retiring after 41 years with the Fairfield Fire Department. Staff photo by Nick Daggy

Staff photo by Nick Daggy Fairfield Deputy Fire Chief Dennis Glenn is retiring after 41 years with the Fairfield Fire Department. Staff photo by Nick Daggy

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By Kelsey Cano, Staff Writer Updated 3:12 PM Tuesday, December 21, 2010

FAIRFIELD — After seeing the city go from cornfields to being developed, from using pencil and paper to computers, and the department move from a volunteer-staff to full-time employees, Deputy Chief Dennis Glenn of the Fairfield Fire Department has seen it all.

That makes it a perfect time for him to retire from the department he’s served with for 41 years.

Jan. 7 will mark the official beginning of Glenn’s retirement.

His career with the department began in 1969 as a volunteer firefighter.

Glenn moved into a part-time position, then a full-time, before taking his role as deputy chief 18 years ago, he said.

“I never had a day I didn’t want to go to work,” he said. “I’ve always enjoyed helping people.”

Glenn said he’s looking forward to spending more time with his wife, Carol, whom he’s been married to since 1966, his three children and seven grandchildren.

He’ll continue teaching classes at Cincinnati State, and is anxious to spend more time riding his motorcycle and be outdoors on a property he owns in Rising Sun, Ind., as he enjoys duck and deer hunting, fishing and boating.

“People ask me what I’m going to do now. I tell them I’m going to have six Saturdays and one Sunday each week,” he said.

He said there isn’t one moment from his tenure that’s particularly memorable, but that it’s been a “good ride” for himself and his family with the department.

While spending more time relaxing, Glenn admitted it “will take a little time to get used to not missing sleep or hearing emergency calls going out,” and said he’s looking forward to ditching the pager and cell phone that he’s had at all times for the last 18 years.

Glenn said it’s “been an honor” to serve the citizens of Fairfield, and said he wanted to thank the firefighters, staff and city employees who have made his tenure successful. He said he’ll remember those people for a lifetime.

“It’s hard to convey to people outside of the fire service the love that firefighters have for what they do and the people that they do it with,” Glenn said.

Contact this reporter at (513) 483-5237 or kcano@coxohio.com.

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