Join us on Saturday, December 14th at 2PM at the Anna Bemis Palmer Museum (520 North Grant Avenue) for “Hometown Heroes” a presentation on the history of the York Fire Department, led by Fire Chief Tony Bestwick!
In this presentation he will talk about:
- The organization of York Fire Dept in 1883
- Equipment evolution
- Fire station evolution
- Personnel evolution
- The future of YFD
Tony Bestwick started as a Volunteer Firefighter in August of 1986. He trained up and got his EMT and FF1 Certification as a Volunteer. He was hired as a Career in November of 2000. He was then promoted to the Training Safety Officer in August of 2013. After that he was promoted to Fire Chief in October of 2020.
This is a free presentation as part of our History of York County Exhibit. The display is available for viewing until February 28th. Regular open hours are Tuesdays-Fridays from 10AM-4PM.
