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WGLB Radio honors history-making Milwaukee Fire Department couple

February 16, 2023

Photo by Yvonne Kemp

On Monday, February 6, 2023, WGLB Radio/ Joy Unspeakable Radio (1560-AM and 96.1 FM) and Dr. Ricky Price, Sr. honored Assistant Milwaukee Fire Chief Sharon Purifoy-Smoots for 25 years of service to the Milwaukee Fire Department (MFD) and the community. Also honored was her husband Dr. Dewayne Smoots, Assistant Milwaukee Fire Chief for 36 years of service to MFD. WGLB is proud of these two trailblazers in celebration of Black History Month. They are the first husband and wife Assistant Fire Chiefs in MFD history; and both are former Black Excellence Awards Honorees.

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Filed Under: National and Local News Tagged With: Dewayne Smoots, Milwaukee Fire Department, Sharon Purifoy-Smoots, Yvonne Kemp Photography

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