IT’S WITH A SAD HEART FOR LOCAL 2045 TO ANNOUNCE, THAT RETIRED CHIEF OF PENN TOWNSHIP DEPARTMENT OF FIRE AND RESCUE, HANOVER BOROUGH FIRE DEPARTMENT, PENN TOWNSHIP EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND THE CHIEF OF PENN AND HANOVER VOLUNTEERS, FIRE CHIEF JAN CROMER HAS PASSED AWAY. CHIEF CROMER DEDICATED 43 YEARS OF HIS LIFE TO PROTECT THE GREATER HANOVER AREA. HE BOLSTERED THE FIRE AND EMERGECY SERVICES CAPABILITIES OF OUR COMMUNITY BY INCREASING STAFFING, ENHANCING AND CULTIVATING A CLIMATE OF PROGRESSION. HIS FOCUS TOWARD INTERMUNICIPAL AGREEMENTS PROVIDED OUR CITIZENS AN ALL HAZARDS RESPONSE AGENCY THAT HE WAS PROUD TO LEAD. CHIEF CROMER WAS ALSO A MENTOR TO MANY YOUNG FIREFIGHTERS SOME OF WHOM WENT ON TO BECOME CAREER FIREFIGHTERS HERE OR FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE EAST COAST. ADDITIONALLY, CHIEF CROMER TAUGHT MANY FIREFIGHTERS IN NUMEROUS DISCIPLINES AS AN INSTRUCTOR. JAN WAS THE TYPE OF CHIEF THAT WOULDN’T MAKE HIS CREWS DO ANYTHING THAT HE WOULDN’T DO HIMSELF. REGARDLESS OF WHAT WAS GOING ON AROUND THE FIRE HOUSES FROM CALLS TO NORMAL DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS, CHIEF PRIDED HIMSELF BY TAKING CARE OF HIS PEOPLE. IN HIS HEART WE CAME FIRST! THANK YOU SIR, FOR BEING OUR FRIEND AND CHIEF. PLEASE KEEP HIS WIFE, FAMILY, FIREFIGHTERS, AND EMS PROVIDERS IN YOUR THOUGHTS AS WE NAVIGATE THIS DIFFICULT TIME.