Father Thomas Williams

Deputy fire chiefs retire

For department officers, the burden of watching out for the safety of the fire department’s members and city residents can become stressful at times and counter the job’s highpoint moments with a bit of common reality. Bacon believes he was able to be successful in his leadership role largely because of the team structure that exists within his platoon. Fire department work can range from the job of rescuer when looking for someone lost in a burning building to defender when trying to keep a fire from spreading and causing more extensive damage. The job can also include duty on city rescue vehicles where emergency medical technicians face a wide range of calls and sometimes stand as the difference between a tragedy or catastrophic illness for local residents. The first time he helped to deliver a baby left Bacon feeling pretty proud when he got to the hospital and everything worked out well. “I saw another rescue crewmember from Providence come in on a delivery and told him ``I just delivered a baby,” Bacon said. Bacon asked the veteran firefighter how many births that night represented for him, and he responded 22. A 1976 graduate of Woonsocket High School, Williams joined the department in 1979, and initially was assigned as a private on Engine 2 at Station 2 on Cumberland Street. He eventually took a job as driver of Rescue 1 and then when the city was adding a second rescue unit in 1984, earned his EMT-Cardiac certification and became a Lieutenant on the new vehicle. The crews arriving on scene did not see apparent signs of a fire in progress but six firefighters made an entry into the massive brick mill and started up the stairs of its two towers toward the third floor where the alarm had sounded. Williams, making a check of the building outside, then spotted a plume of smoke beginning to emerge from the front windows of the third floor and put in a call for the dispatch recall the firefighters inside. Almost simultaneously, the firefighters reaching the second floor area caught a glimpse of the ceiling of that stretch of mill and spotted flames roiling across the ceiling in their direction. They quickly began their retreat and the fire announced its presence by blowing out four windows on the third floor and sending a pall of smoke to engulf the escaping firefighters. “Obviously our job is dangerous and we accept the risks,” Williams said.

Deputy fire chiefs retire | The Woonsocket Call

For department officers, the burden of watching out for the safety of the fire department’s members and city residents can become stressful at times and counter the job’s highpoint moments with a bit of common reality. Bacon believes he was able to be successful in his leadership role largely because of the team structure that exists within his platoon. Fire department work can range from the job of rescuer when looking for someone lost in a burning building to defender when trying to keep a fire from spreading and causing more extensive damage. The job can also include duty on city rescue vehicles where emergency medical technicians face a wide range of calls and sometimes stand as the difference between a tragedy or catastrophic illness for local residents. The first time he helped to deliver a baby left Bacon feeling pretty proud when he got to the hospital and everything worked out well. “I saw another rescue crewmember from Providence come in on a delivery and told him ``I just delivered a baby,” Bacon said. Bacon asked the veteran firefighter how many births that night represented for him, and he responded 22. A 1976 graduate of Woonsocket High School, Williams joined the department in 1979, and initially was assigned as a private on Engine 2 at Station 2 on Cumberland Street. He eventually took a job as driver of Rescue 1 and then when the city was adding a second rescue unit in 1984, earned his EMT-Cardiac certification and became a Lieutenant on the new vehicle. The crews arriving on scene did not see apparent signs of a fire in progress but six firefighters made an entry into the massive brick mill and started up the stairs of its two towers toward the third floor where the alarm had sounded. Williams, making a check of the building outside, then spotted a plume of smoke beginning to emerge from the front windows of the third floor and put in a call for the dispatch recall the firefighters inside. Almost simultaneously, the firefighters reaching the second floor area caught a glimpse of the ceiling of that stretch of mill and spotted flames roiling across the ceiling in their direction. They quickly began their retreat and the fire announced its presence by blowing out four windows on the third floor and sending a pall of smoke to engulf the escaping firefighters. “Obviously our job is dangerous and we accept the risks,” Williams said.

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