Former Salisbury Fire Chief William Emerson Higgins, 82, of Salisbury, died Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional in Salisbury. In 1980, he was appointed Deputy Chief of the Salisbury Fire Department and served in that position until 1992, at which time he was selected to be the Fire Chief. In 2000, he retired and worked part time with the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office in Court Security. Interment was held Saturday, Feb. 20, at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Seaford, where he was honored by the Hiram Masonic Lodge and the Salisbury and Seaford Fire Departments.