Yesterday morning the firefighters of Roanoke City’s Northside C-Shift Battalion learned that their beloved Battalion Chief was retiring. Battalion Chief William “Billy” Obenchain announced that he will be retiring from the job he loved. Billy stated “I wanted to be here a long time because I enjoyed coming to work”. Billy has been battling Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma for several years and has been unable to work for the past several months due to the illness. For years, his love of the job was contagious among his subordinates and often brought out the best in his firefighters. (
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Yesterday morning the firefighters of Roanoke City’s Northside C-Shift Battalion learned that their beloved Battalion Chief was retiring. Battalion Chief William “Billy” Obenchain announced that he will be retiring from the job he loved. Billy stated “I wanted to be here a long time because I enjoyed coming to work”. Billy has been battling Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma for several years and has been unable to work for the past several months due to the illness. For years, his love of the job was contagious among his subordinates and often brought out the best in his firefighters. (Read More)
4 comments:
I feel sorry for whoever has to take his place. BIG BIG shoes to fill.
They can replace his position with a promotion of a Battalion Chief. BUT NO ONE WILL EVER TAKE HIS PLACE.He is the most respected man in the valley in my book.
The most respected man the Roanoke Fire Dept. Ever has seen. There will never be another to even come close to Chief's reputation. God Bless him and his family. He is undoubtably the most loved man in the fire department family.
You're right, nobody can take his place, my mistake. He is the best we have ever had and probably ever will.
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