At their March 2nd Monthly Business Meeting, the members of Greenwood Rural VFD voted unanimously to retire the radio-id “4112″ that had been assigned to founding member JW Young, who passed away a few weeks ago.  JW was an institution at Greenwood VFD and was an active volunteer in the department for over 40 years.  He held every position in the department from “probie” to Chief and helped teach firefighting to many of the department’s current members.  Retiring a radio-id in a fire department is similar to retiring the jersey of a football or baseball star.  It is a way for the members to honor JW’s memory.  There will never be another JW Young…. and there will never be another firefighter using his radio-id – 4112.  JW, we know you are up there looking down on your brothers and smiling at the honor they have bestowed on you.  We love you Brother!

 By Chief John Burgoyne