Al Giddings retired as a paid staff member of the Haines Volunteer Fire Department.

A longtime fire department member – and at one time, fire chief – quietly retired from the Haines Fire Department last week.

Albert Giddings’ last day was June 1, but he’s not really gone. For one thing, there’s a lot of paperwork to wrap up. Second, he’s retired only as paid staff. He’ll continue on as a volunteer firefighter and will…