LYNN — Lynn Fire Cpt. Ed Miles has many memories of legendary firefighter Rocco “Rocky” Brienzo. Growing up, Brienzo was both his Sunday School teacher and, after joining the Lynn Fire Department in 1949, went on to work alongside his father, George, on Engine Five at the Fayette Street Station in the 60s and 70s.
Over the years, it was Miles’ mother, May, who continued to keep in touch with Brienzo and would send pictures she’d found, including one where he’s standing next to George and Lt. Carl Benson with the 1920s Ahrens Fox Pumper from the 1920s.
They will now serve as cherished keepsakes of the man Brienzo was over the course of his life as Lynn’s oldest firefighter. Last week, on Jan. 30, he died at the age of 106…