When the clock strikes midnight March 29, Fire Marshal Paul Wetowitz will extinguish a career in emergency services that has spanned more than four decades.
Wetowitz, 63, submitted his letter of resignation this week to First Selectman Kurt Miller. “I have put in over 44 years of both volunteer and paid emergency service with multiple departments in Seymour,” said Wetowitz. “I have had a fulfilled career and experience in my past public service.” While Wetowitz plans to hang up his full-time fire marshal hat that he’s worn for nearly 19 years, he has requested that Miller appoint him a volunteer deputy fire marshal. The uncompensated position would enable Wetowitz to maintain his certification, while helping assist the office with employee changes, finish some projects, complete his plan of a regional fire investigation team and continue fire prevention activities and limited inspections.