The Marseilles Fire Department is getting new fire chief.
45 year veteran of the department Mick Garrison has announced his retirement from the position but not from firefighting itself.
Garrison says usually the picking of a new fire chief is through a recommendation.
He says this time the new fire chief was picked from a committee.
He says the new fire chief is highly qualified for the position.
Garrison is retiring from being fire chief because he says it’s time.