VIDEO: After 24 years, Louisville Division of Fire Chief Greg Frederick is retiring.
At a news conference on Wednesday, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg announced that Frederick is stepping down after 39 years with the department. He officially retires on Aug. 1, when Battalion Chief Maj. Brian O'Neill takes the job as chief.
"Chief Frederick has done an outstanding job serving our community for decades. Our city owes him a great debt, and I, along with our entire community, want to offer our most sincere thanks to him. Louisville Fire and our city are better off for his commitment, and he leaves tremendous shoes to fill," Greenberg said. Frederick called his long tenure his greatest honor to serve the city.
"It has been the greatest career I could've ever imagined. I will depart as the longest serving chief in LFD history as well as the longest serving metropolitan fire chief in the United States," said Frederick.