Believe 271 Team: Brian McQueen, Believe 271 founder; Otter Lake Fire Chief Jeff Abrial; Old Forge Fire Chief Charlie Bogardus; Truman Williams, President of Barneveld Fire Department. Photo by Marianne Christy

By Marianne Christy

Brian McQueen, a 38-year veteran of the Whitesboro Fire Department, is known by his peers as someone who exemplifies the qualities of a volunteer firefighter.

As past chief and current Deputy Fire Coordinator “271” for Oneida County, McQueen has faced his fair share of emergency situations, but perhaps none so great as receiving word from his doctor that he had Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.  Continue reading →