Whitehorse Daily Star: Fire volunteer extinguishes a 47-year career
Mark Iceton, the longest-serving volunteer for the Whitehorse Fire Department, retired from the fire service earlier this month after 47 years. Whitehorse deputy fire chief Chris Green describes Iceton as a remarkable volunteer who was always prepared to step up and assist. Now 66, Iceton joined on as a volunteer in 1973, a year after moving to Whitehorse from British Columbia to begin a 39-year-career with the city’s water and waste department. “Doug Row was the deputy chief back then and he asked me if I wanted to join, and I said I would give it a try,” Iceton recalled in an intervie...