Wesley was born in 1919 in San Francisco. He was hired in as a rookie firefighter in 1947. "Moose" was a big imposing man. He was remembered as an exceptional Engineer. Moose also drove trucks as a side job. He married late in life to Joanne. They had a ten-year marriage until Moose contracted job-related brain cancer. Captain Malcolm had 29 years on the job and a little over one year of retirement.