After 28 years in a career spanning a variety of ranks, roles, and specialties, Assistant Chief Scott Bavery is retiring from the Madison Fire Department.
Though his father spent more than three decades on the department and eventually retired as a Division Chief himself, the younger Bavery was encouraged to attend college and consider other career paths.
Bavery attended UW-La Crosse, where he pursued a Community Health Education degree. While there, he met a lieutenant on the La Crosse Fire Department who introduced him to the aspects of the fire service that don’t always make the headlines: community risk reduction, outreach, and education aimed at preventing emergency calls…