Chief Behrens, Charleston. S. C., Re-elected
Chief Louis Behrens of the fire department of Charleston, S. C., was re-elected by the hoard of fire masters of that city on January 8. At the same time Assistant Chiefs J. J. Bennett, G. H. Benedikt and J. H. Wohlers were all re-elected. The board submitted the names of the chiefs as re-elected and at the same time the budget for the fiscal year to the city council for confirmation and this was accepted by the council on the next evening.
Chief Behrens has been a fire-fighter for 48 years and is the only member now connected with the department who joined it when it became a paid one in 1881. He has also served for a number of years as president of the South Carolina State Firemen’s Association.
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