Joseph Rodondi had served for some 35 years at every rank in the fire service when he retired in 2015.
He’d started in 1983 after being introduced to the fire service through an emergency medical technician course at the local junior college in San Bruno, Calif.
A required ride-along with a local fire department changed the direction of his life, said Rodondi, now 61.
“I immediately fell in love with the fire service culture –…