I (as well as many others) attended the funeral of a fellow Chief today.. I knew Warren "Skip" Highwood of the Chesterton Fire Department of Porter County Indiana for a long time (most of my life in fact). As I sat in the Church listening to the tributes and accolades from family and friends, and fellow fire-fighters I began to think back about the things I remember and the things I have learned from this man.



He had been a fireman all his adult life and a Chief of his department for… Continue