The Woodbridge Board of Fire Commissioners, in collaboration with the Woodbridge Fire Department Administration, held a retirement breakfast for Deputy Chief Robert Paul on Friday, June 17, 2022. Deputy Chief Paul has served the community with the department for 23 years and ascended the ranks to his current position after starting as a firefighter/fire inspector in 1999. Current members of the Department joined retired members, commissioners, colleagues, friends, and family, all to pay tribute to an honorable career and momentous occasion in Deputy Chief Paul’s retirement.
“First I want to thank everyone for coming,” Paul said as he addressed the room. “To the Board and current administration, thank you for putting such a nice event together. It really means a lot. To everyone that I’ve had the pleasure of working with over the years, thank you for not only making this a great career, but for teaching me everything that I know. Hopefully I’ve been able to share some of that knowledge and experience with those that I’ve worked with as they were hired in the years after me. And finally, a special thank you to my wife Joyce and my daughter and son, Jessica and Ryan. I know there were events and holidays that I wasn’t able to be with you because I was on duty, so thank you for understanding and for always being there to love and support me.”
Commissioner Jeff Moran was in attendance to extend his personal congratulations. “Deputy Chief Paul has had a very good career and was a great officer. We worked together on shift for a long time and I want to wish him as much success in his retirement as he’s had in his career!”
We would like to wish a long, happy, and healthy retirement to Deputy Chief Paul and thank him for his devoted service to the Woodbridge Fire Department and District #1.