Monthly Archives: December 2016

Firefighter Kurucar attended Fayette County High School, then went on to study at Southern Crescent Technical College for Fire and EMS. During this time he worked as a landscaper, and a waiter/cook/ driver for a few years as well. This … Continue reading →

Firefighter Byrd was born and raised in Miami Florida. He graduated from Miami Lakes Technical School in 2009 and moved to Georgia to pursue a career in firefighting. He worked as a volunteer firefighter in Metter Georgia for three years, … Continue reading →

Firefighter Diamond was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and raised in Miami, Florida. He attended Robert Morgan High School to study his second passion, music. He went on to attend Miami-Dade College for Paramedics/Fire. Immediately after obtaining his EMT certification, he … Continue reading →

The following words were written by Captain Violante, who insisted they would require heavy editing. We didn’t want to cut a thing from it. “I grew up in Tallahassee Florida with a German mother and Italian father on 13 acres, … Continue reading →