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Wood reflects on half-century career

by WILL LANGHORNE
The Western News | April 13, 2021 7:00 AM

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Tom Wood sits in a new fire truck along with then Mayor Tony Berget and Libby City councilors Dan Stephens and Eddy Baker. (Courtesy of Tom Wood)

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Tom Wood and his father and then fire chief Ernie Wood stand in front of the old fire hall in 1961. The Libby Volunteer Fire Department was seeking a bond at the time to build a new station. (Courtesy of Tom Wood)

Tom Wood has seen a lot in his nearly 50-years with the Libby Volunteer Fire Department.

Battling life threatening blazes and overseeing station expansions, the former fire chief ushered the department from a small town brigade to one of the highest-rated fire fighting units in the state...

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