Type of Organization

Fire/Rescue Department - Volunteer, Fire/Rescue Department - Paid

Job Function

Firefighter

Years in Fire/EMS:

11 off and on

Primary Fire/EMS Department:

ALEXANDRIA FIRE DISCTRICT

Years With Department/Agency

ONE

Other Past or Current Departments and Organizations

MOREHEAD FIRE DEPARTMENT AND MOREHEAD/ROWAN COUNTY RESCUE SQUAD

About Me:

I AM 28 YEARS OLD MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS AND TOGETHER ALMOST 10 WE MET EACH OTHER IN COLLEGE AND HAVE BEEN TOGETHER EVER SINCE IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SITE WITH US. WE CURRENTLY HAVE NO CHILDREN BUT ARE WANTING LOTS. WE HAVE 2 CATS FRED AN CHRISSY WHO THINK THAT THEY ARE OUR CHILDREN. WE TREAT THEM AS SUCH FOR NOW

Day Job:

KOHLS DEPARTMENT STORE IN COLD SPRINGS (CASHIER)

Relationship Status:

Married

Why I Joined Fire/EMS

I HAVE ALWAYS HAD AN INTEREST IN THE FIRE RESCUE AND EMS FIELD EVEN SINCE I WAS A LITLE BOY, BUT EVERYONE TOLD ME I COULDN'T DO IT BECAUSE I AM IN A WHEEL CHAIR BUT A GOOD FRIEND GOT ME STARTED IN THE AREA OF RESCUE AND ALLOWED ME TO JOIN THE ROWAN COUNTY RESCUE SQUAD IN MOREHEAD KY AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH IT, SO WHEN I MOVED TO NORTHERN KY I APPROACHED SOME INDIVIDUAL WHILE I WAS AT MY JOB ONE DAY WHO WERE ON THE ALEXANDRIA FIRE DISTRICT AND ASKED THEM ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT AND THEY TOLD ME TO COME OUT TO A MEETING AND I DID. ONCE THERE I MET SOME OF THE NICEST INDIVIDUALS AND JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH THE PLACE AS A WHOLE, AND THAT IS WHERE I STARTED CLASSES BEFORE I GOT SICK AND WAS PUT IN THE HOSPITAL FOR SEVEN MONTHS. BUT WHEN I WAS LET OUT OF THE HOSPITAL I WENT STRAIT BACK TO THEM AN RESTARTED WITH VOLUNTEERING WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND THAT IS WHERE I STILL AM TODAY

Why I Love Fire/EMS

WHERE I AM IN A WHEEL CHAIR EVERYONE TOLD ME IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO DO ANY THING LIKE THIS AND I WAS DETERMINED TO PROVE THEM WRONG AN SO FAR I HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IT