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Longtime Sabetha Fire Chief recognized for service

By Greg Bebermeyer

06/30/2025

Longtime Sabetha Fire Chief recognized for 50 years of service/Credit: Sabetha Fire Dept/Facebook

(KNZA)--A retirement open house was held Saturday evening at the Sabetha Fire Station for longtime Fire Chief Jim Johnson.

A social media post by the Sabetha Fire Department thanked the many who came out to wish him well.

Johnson is retiring after 50 years of service with the volunteer fire department--including 25 years as fire chief.

He was presented with a plaque in recognition of his service.

Johnson joined the department as a young man in 1975, and has responded to some of the biggest emergencies in Sabetha's history during his tenure.

In a release it noted that "Johnson retires from a department that is fully staffed, one that has replaced 4 trucks in 15 years, one with new bunker gear, new self-contained breathing apparatus, new extrication gear, and one that is better prepared to respond to emergencies than any time in their history."

Gary Elliot will move into the position of acting fire chief until department elections are held.

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