| On September 11, 2011, the Westerly Sun featured our Chief, Mike Frink, in their "In the Easy Chair" series of interviews. We thank the Westerly Sun for giving us permission to post the article here on our web site.
Chief Mike Frink
AGE 40.
OCCUPATION Fire chief. Dunn's Corner Fire District.
RESIDENCE South Woody Hill Road, Westerly.
BORN, RAISED & GREW UP IN Westerly.
FAVORITE WAY TO SPEND MY TIME Hunting fishing, bowling, golf, coaching Pee Wee Football and Little League baseball.
PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENT Becoming first full-time chief of the Dunn's Corner Fire District.
WHAT I HOPE TO BE REMEMBERED FOR Making a difference to someone in need.
TOP ITEM ON MY BUCKET LIST I don't have any.
WHAT I WANTED TO BE WHEN I GREW UP Pro baseball player.
PERSON WHO HAS INFLUENCED ME THE MOST Coach Chris Wreidt.
FAVORITE BOOK/LAST BOOK READ I'm not a big reader.
FAVORITE SONG "I Swear," by John Michael Montgomery.
FAVORITE MOVIE "A Few Good Men."
FAVORITE PET Fisk, a black Lab, and yes, he's named for Carlton!
FAVORITE FOOD Pizza.
AMOUNT OF TIME I SPEND A DAY ON FACEBOOK Not much.
TRAIT I MOST ADMIRE Caring.
PET PEEVE People driving slowly in the high-speed lane.
FAVORITE QUOTATION "Life is ten percent of what happens to you and ninety percent of how you respond." — Lou Holtz.
MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT LIVING IN WESTERLY We have a little of everything.
CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT I have everything I need.
LITTLE KNOWN FACT ABOUT ME I hate cheese — except for mozzarella — on pizza.
BEST ADVICE I'VE EVER RECEIVED There's no "I" in team.
ADVICE I BEST LIKE TO GIVE We all make mistakes — it's what we learn from our mistakes so we don't make them again.
IF I RULED THE WORLD I WOULD I would get rid of the pension system. I am sick of hearing about it!
IF I WON THE LOTTERY, THE FIRST THING I WOULD DO IS Won't happen. I'm not that lucky.
I DRIVE A 1998 blue-silver Dodge Ram 1500.
I WOULD GIVE MY LIFE FOR My family.
IF I COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ANYONE IN THE WORLD, I WOULD PICK My dad, Otis Frink. He passed away 15 years ago. I want to know where he got his patience.
— Interview conducted and edited by Nancy Burns-Fusaro |
