After 40 years on the job, longtime Hay River, N.W.T., firefighter and former fire chief retires
![Ross Potter, director of Protective Services for the town of Hay River, at the Alexandra Falls monitoring station outside Enterprise. It is the first of four stations along the Hay River tracking water levels and ice flow. John Locke in the background calibrating the station’s power supply. Ross Potter](https://i.cbc.ca/1.4618896.1715267957!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_460/ross-potter.jpg)
His retirement comes after an eventful past year that saw his community evacuate twice from wildfires.
His retirement comes after an eventful past year that saw his community evacuate twice from wildfires.