Dennis has been a volunteer firefighter in Pennsylvania since 1992. He began his career as a Junior Firefighter in the Catasauqua Fire Department at the age of 14. He is currently a firefighter at the Whitehall Fire Department's Fullerton Station. He was previously a training officer at the township's West Catasauqua station for several years before making a move to the township's busiest station.

 Dennis is currently employed by the City of Allentown Police Department in their communications center as a Shift Supervisor. Dennis started his emergency dispatching career at Allentown in 1997 and was promoted to Shift Supervisor in 2001. In 2002 with the arrival of a new police chief he felt that in his best interest to find another job.  He worked for a year at the Lehigh County Communication Center as an Emergency Dispatcher. In 2003 he returned back to his original job at Allentown and has since been promoted back to Shift Supervisor.

 Dennis has been a fire ground photographer since the early 1990's and has had many photos published in the local newspapers and fire service magazines. His photos have been published in several fire manuals including Fundamental of Firefighter Skills, Street Smart Firefighting, Fire Officer Principals and Practices, Fire Inspections I&II to name a few.

 Dennis is a Senior Correspondent and past Pennsylvania Online State Editor for 1st Responder Newspaper and www.1RBN.com. His photos have been published in both of these publications.“ 

 Dennis holds a Professional Photography certificate from the New York Institue of Photography and is furthering his education in Photojournalism, Wedding and Portrait Photography. 

 Dennis was married to a farm girl in 2001 after meeting her in 1998 while attending Cedar Crest College . Dennis and Mary had their first child (Geoffrey Wetherhold) on August 7th, 2006.  Dennis is in hopes he will continue in his father's footsteps as his son has already taken camera in hand and loves the township's Aerialscope.

Back to the Main Page
Whitehall Fire Department Page
Whitehall Fire Photos Page