Amazing Stories- What Age Is To Old To Be A Fire Fighter?

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When is it to old to work as a fireman? Well, if your John Kooreman, a 92-year-old volunteer firefighter in Wayne, New Jersey (U.S.), you can't place an age limit on helping out around the firehouse. He is enjoying his 75th anniversary being a fireman in Hawthorne, Haledon, and then Wayne. According to this story I read in NJ 101.5.com, while he no longer rides the truck or goes on calls, he still participates in drills, goes to meetings, and is a consistent presence at the firehouse. Due to a lack of men during WW II, Kooreman was allowed to join the fire department at eighteen, when the appropriate age was 21. To be able to still participate at his age is truely an amazing story. The most recent title holder of oldest active firefighter in the nation was 77 year old Billy-Gene Holder from Texas, who hung up his helmet in 2011. Do you know anyone who worked well past retirement age? I once worked with a 78 year old gentlemen employed as a retail salesman. And a friend of mine's mother was employed as a DYFS worker in the state of New Jersey (U.S.) until retiring at age 82. To have that kind of energy to work till that age is really something? Source- Additional information- NJ 101.5 and Google Photo- pressform.info