In the history of the Ulah Fire Department, there has only been one fire chief: Jerry Dickinson.
Now, after almost 50 years at the helm, health problems have made it clear to Dickinson that it is time for this dedicated firefighter to retire. “I’ve worked all my life,” Dickinson said. “My uncle owned a salvage yard — a junk yard — in Ulah and I started working there when I was 12 years old. I worked at Klopman Mills for nearly 20 years and then started D-Blaze in 1997.
“I will still go out there (to the fire department) and rouse around — and irritate them a little bit.”
Dickinson said that he became involved in the fire department when his uncle’s junk yard caught on fire in 1967.