Retirement

What do you think of when you think about the work of a firefighter? Service, risk, sacrifice, skill and humanity come to mind. To serve your town and county as a retained firefighter is laudable. To do it for more than 45 years – is amazing. Eric Campbell has done just that. He signed up with North Riding Fire Brigade on 18 April 1973 and worked his last shift with North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service on 18 October 2018. During that time he has attended an estimated 9,000 fire calls, 2,184 drill nights, been “on call” for 15,500 days including 44 Christmas Days and has held every operational role up to station officer….