Community Firefighter Preps for Action

This week's series of Patch Portraits also include a benevolent banker from Glenview and

Fire Chief Alan Berkowsky knows a thing or two about what it means to be a firefighter.

After serving in Evanston for nearly three decades, he became Winentka's fire chief in April. You can read that story on Patch .

Throughout this week, the station's firefighters use totaled cars to practice rescue protocol after car crashes. Check out the .

Ever wonder what it means to be a firefighter, wearing 20 pounds of protective gear on a hot July day, and practicing rescue drills?

Check out this week's Patch Portrait.