Larry Paris - Commercial Cooking Systems, Fire Extinguisher and Off Road Suppression Systems representative is retiring after 54 years. 

Larry's official start date was March of 1971, and has never worked anywhere else. He actually started working part-time for petty cash well before that. Larry's father, Owen Paris was Fox Valley Fire's first serviceman and he recommended his high school son for part-tim work cleaning, washing trucks and other odd jobs on Saturdays. After graduation Larry went to college in Chicago and still maintained working at Fox Valley Fire. In 1975 Larry got his first service truck and route, serviing extinguishers and commerical cooking systems on site. Larry's work ethic and sales ability led him to become a sales rep in 1977. Larry has significantly grown Fox Valley Fire's south suburbs and northern Indiana customer base. When Off Road Suppression Systems became a market in the early 2000's, Larry was able to secure a signed contract with Waste Managment, Caterpiller, Amerex for Fox Valley fire to install the systems on all Waste Management equipment. This was not an easy feat with all the corporate lawyers involved. The significance of that contract started the entire Waste Industry putting Amerex systems on their new machines. It has grown to about 100 to 150 systems orders per year.

It's not often these day that employees reach retirment and have spent their entire career with one company. Fox valley Fire is proud and fortunate to have had Larry as part of their team. Larry, congratulations on your much earned retirement!