Still on the front lines at age 71 and has never had a sick day

Columbus Dispatch photo by James D. Camp

This isn’t the story about the oldest firefighter in Columbus, Ohio hanging up his boots. This is a story about 71-year-old Lt. John Simkins still on the job fighting fires and saving lives. On top of it all, he has never used a sick day.

Lt. Simkins is hoping to keep going until he is 73 when he must retire as part of the benefits of a deferred retirement program. Deferred? I’ll say.

Read this unusual story by John Futty in the The Columbus Dispatch.