citylife

Hail to the deputy chief

Story by Stacie Gaetz

|

Photos by Kristy Reimer

Summer 2021

Airdrie Fire Department (AFD) Deputy Chief of Operation Garth Rabel has lived in and loved Airdrie for almost 50 years.

Rabel graduated from George McDougall High School in 1975. His parents ran the Town and Country Centre for 20 years starting in 1977. He and his brother Dennis both followed a path into firefighting.

He did his early work in the Fort McMurray Fire Department but moved back to southern Alberta in 1980 to join the Calgary Fire Department.

Continue reading by clicking the image below and flipping to page 66

Related citylife Articles

A swarm of bees settled under one of the houses on the family farm. While researching ways to get the hive to leave, he became rather enamoured with the insect. Calvin now has three hives, in which 60,000 honeybees live per hive. He tells me this constitutes a very small apiary.

Read More

Recreation facility and team managers and owners are working towards furthering participation in sport.

Read More

It’s our second year of celebrating awesome kids in our city and we have nearly doubled our awesomeness thanks to an eclectic and electrifying group of young people who exemplify the best of Airdrie’s youth.

Read More