A longtime volunteer firefighter’s career has come to a close on Whidbey.

Bob Moore, 80, retired from Central Whidbey Island Fire and Rescue earlier this month, concluding a 15-year stint with the department. Friends and family gathered at a ceremony in his honor Nov. 13 at a fire commissioner’s meeting, where colleagues awarded him with a shadow box displaying his badge and patch.

Health issues necessitated Moore’s retirement. He leaves the department with nothing but good things to report.

“There are just a lot of good memories. They’re caring people, that’s all I can say,” Moore said of his Central Whidbey colleagues. “I’ve made some lifelong friends.”

Dynamism is what Moore loved about working at Central Whidbey Island Fire and Rescue, where he served as a firefighter, engine opera

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