By Jessica A. York
The Times-Herald
SAN FRANCISCO — Anthony Robinson isn’t just dreaming about returning full-fledged to fire fighting any more — he’s living it. The Vallejo 54-year-old firefighter, who received a heart transplant two and a half years ago, says he belongs to an elite group of known firefighters returning to full duty fire suppression work following such a surgery.
Robinson escaped behind-the-desk work with the San Francisco Fire Department last month, and is now working as commanding captain for the department’s San Francisco Airport division. That, after three years — excluding time he was out for the surgery and recovery — of working what firefighters call “light duty.”
“I joined the fire department to go in and help people ... going into burning buildings and fighting fires,” Robinson said Friday. “I’m just excited.”
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