Veteran Queens firefighter poised to retire
Photo credit: Craig Ruttle | Standing with Engine 305 in Forest Hills, FDNY's most senior firefighter John Depierro, who started in 1969, will retire at the end of the month. (Nov. 16, 2012)
After 43 years of service in the same Forest Hills firehouse on Queens Boulevard -- Engine Company 305 Hook and Ladder 151 -- longest-serving FDNY firefighter John DePierro of Middle Village will retire next week.
Like the 90-year-old firehouse, DePierro has witnessed much through the decades -- from arson fires that swept the city in the 1970s to department cutbacks in the '80s and '90s,...
