Type of Organization

Combination Fire Rescue Department

Years in Fire/EMS:

10

Primary Fire/EMS Department:

ASHLAND CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT

Dept. Web Site:

http://WWW.ASHLANDCITYFIRE.COM

Other Past or Current Departments and Organizations

wilson county emergency management
NISSAN NORTH AMERICA FIRE BRIGADE

My Training:

MANY DIFFERENT CLASSES SUCH AS FIREFIGHTER SURVIVAL , ROOKIE SCHOOL , TANKER OPS , TARS EVOC AND EXTRICATION , SWIFT WATER AWRENESS AND SHORETECH , INCIDENT COMMAND , BASIC RESPONSE TO TERROISIM JUST TO NAME A FEW. FUTURE TRAINING TO COME IS EMT-IV . TN FF I . TN FFII . AND TN BASIC POLICE ACADEMY .

About Me:

28 YEARS OLD . ASPIRATIONS OF BECOMING A CAREER FIREFIGHTER . I ENJOY SHOOTING, FISHING AND ANYTHING WITH FOUR WHEELS . SOMEWHAT OF AN ADDRENALIN JUNKIE BUT LAID BACK JUST THE SAME . VERY DEVOTED CHRISTIAN AND I AM A BIG FAMILY MAN . ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME WILL TELL YOU THAT I WILL NOT HAVE YOUR BACK IN A FIGHT WHERAS I WILL BE IN FRONT TAKING THE BULLET . I REALLY ENJOY SITTING DOWN WITH ANYONE WHO IS DEBATING THE FIRE SERVICE AS A CAREER AND TELLING THEM HOW GREAT IT IS .

Day Job:

SECURITY OFFICER

Relationship Status:

Single

Why I Joined Fire/EMS

its all i know. I WAS EXPOSED TO IT AT A VERY YOUNG AGE AND WAS CURIOUS. I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY ALONG A FEW OTHERS TO BE THE FIRST EXPLORERS WILSON COUNTY EMA HAD EVER SEEN . WITH THAT SAID I WAS IMMEDIATLY HOOKED . I ROSE FROM THAT RANK TO A FULLTIME EMPLOYEE ON AN ENGINE COMPANY . I HAD TO LEAVE THE PROFFESION I LOVED WHEN MY FATHER PASSED TO HELP WITH FAMILY MATTERS . I HAVE RECENTLY BEEN GIVEN THAT OPPORTUNITY AGAIN AND WITH GODS WILL AND PRAYER I HOPE TO CONTINUE TO GROW.TO REMAIN IN THE PROFFESION I TOLD MY FATHER THAT I WAS GOING TO EXCELL IN COME HELL OR HIGH WATER . AS I SAID IT IS ALL I KNOW AND I CANT IMAGINE LIFE WITHOUT THE BROTHERHOOD . THEY ARE MY FAMILY

Why I Love Fire/EMS

IT IS REWARDING ANY WAY YOU LOOK AT IT.

Top Issues Facing Responders:

LACK OF COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THE FIRE SERVICE IS AND THAT IT BECOMES PART OF THOSE WHOM PARTICIPATE IN IT'S LIVES .STAYING ABREAST ON NEW TECHNOLOGIES ESPECIALLY IN VEHICLE EXTRICATION AND NEW RURAL AND COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION AS WELL AS LOW STAFFING AND SUPPORT .