Rick Joiner

Big Rock, TN

United States

Profile Information:

Type of Organization: Fire/Rescue Department - Volunteer
Job Function: Assistant or Deputy Chief
Years in Fire/EMS:: 25
Primary Fire/EMS Department:: Stewart County Fire service
Years With Department/Agency: 25
Dept. Web Site:: http://www.scvfs.org
My Training:: ff 3, first repsonder medical, asst. ema.
About Me:: Became fire chief of small dept. May 1985, helped to grow our dept. into what is now 12 county wide stations. Served as Chief of dept till 1998, stepped down to asst. chief due to job requirements, assumed Chief position again in 2004, elected County Mayor in 2006, stepped down, was asked to stay on as asst. chief again. Love the fire and emergency service. I still make many medical calls to assist ems as well as respond to most all structure fires within the county. Greatest accomplishment acquiring class 6 ISO rating for entire county without water mains, (tanker shuttle). After 4 -5 attempts we finally get our Very First new Pumper scheduled for this upcoming summer. We wanted something revolunatary, had seen cafs and were fortunate to be able to buy it on our new rig..Darley ...
Day Job:: County Mayor
Relationship Status:: Married
Why I Joined Fire/EMS: desire to help people
Why I Love Fire/EMS: again , helping people and improving service for our county
Top Issues Facing Responders:: staffing and funding