Type of Organization

Combination Fire Rescue Department

Job Function

Fire Chief / Chief of Department

Years in Fire/EMS:

7

Primary Fire/EMS Department:

West End Fire Rescue

Years With Department/Agency

7

Other Past or Current Departments and Organizations

West Bay Fire Rescue.

My Training:

I have nearly completed my Fire Science Degree. I Attended Gulf Coast State College, FEMI, & Florida State Fire College. I am a Fire Service Instructor I. I am a Hazmat Tech, Extrication Specialist, & Hold several Pro Board Certifications.

About Me:

I am a very outgoing person and very much extroverted. Firefighting doesn't feel like a job to me because I love it so much. I strive for success and believe that everyone can be inherently good.

Day Job:

Stock Manager @ Surf Styles & Security @ Emerald View Managment

Relationship Status:

Single

Why I Joined Fire/EMS

All I wanted to be outside a Soccer star as a kid was a Smoke Jumper. My mother still tells me to this day how much I use to say it. I started volunteering and fell in love with the profession. It makes me feel wonderful to not only help people but see at the very moment when I help them the differnce I made in their eyes. In the fire service we don't even need a thank you or a thata boy' because we can honestly know with each task we bring our families and our communities a service which is priceless...

Why I Love Fire/EMS

It makes me feel whole...

Top Issues Facing Responders:

Ever changing conditions, Lack of Manpower, Increased Demand in Service Diversity, & in this wonderful Economy "Lack of Funding."