SHERIDAN — At one of Goose Valley Fire Department’s first meetings, Fire Chief Bob Williams had to prop open a door so the volunteers who stood outside could participate. The department’s office on Frank Street at the time wasn’t large enough for the entire group to gather.

More than 12 years later, inside a fire station completed in 2012 and surrounded by some of the same volunteers who attended that first meeting, Williams retired as chief of the department he helped create.

“It’s time,” Williams said of his decision to retire, adding that he wouldn’t miss the hours away from family, the politics of the position, the pager sound at 2 a.m. or the paperwork.

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