Mount Pleasant Magazine March/April 2018

56 www.ILoveMountPleasant.com | www.BestOfMP.com | www.MountPleasantMagazine.com feature A t the age of 29, Herbert Williams embarked on a journey that would lead him to what he would describe more than three decades later as “the greatest career in the world.” Though he had no way of knowing it back in August of 1986, his decision to sign on as a probationary firefighter in a small town across the river from Charleston would be the first step along a path that would take him to the pinnacle of his profession. On June 8, Williams, the only chief the Mount By Brian Sherman An Incred ible Journey Mount Pleasant Fire Chief Herbert Williams Photos by Jess Wood.