Featured Firefighters
Shining a light on those who set the bar high.


Ty Silcox | Fernandina Beach, FL
“Enjoy your career. There is no greater job that you could choose.”


Chris Baker | Placer County, CA
“It is the duty of all firefighters to pass on their knowledge to every new person on the job.”

Tim Cowan | Oneida, NY
“We will save more lives through the efforts of fire prevention than we ever will out of burning buildings.”

Rebecca "Bex" Openshaw-Rowe | Bridgend, South Wales
“I like helping people, I've just always been drawn to that.”


Scott Ross | Los Angeles, CA
“We’re going to get through this. We are resilient and our training has prepared us to handle anything that comes our way.”

Georgina Gilbert | Wales, UK
Firefighter Georgina Gilbert is a force of nature and an inspiration - a person who believes in saying “Yes!” to the challenges that life offers.

Paul Fitzgerald | Toronto, ON
“Consider two people: the person you were when you joined, and the person you will be when you retire… those two perspectives will keep you grounded, and remind you that this career can be some of the best days of your life.”

Bill Baughn | Fernandina Beach, FL
“Talk to a firefighter. This job is truly like no other and you really need to get to know someone in the fire service to see if the job is for you.”

Chris Harrow | Minto, ON
“We're at a point in the fire service where we have to change. We have to be ready to adapt to the environment we're in.”

Patric Young | Jacksonville, FL
“Humility is the precursor to confidence. It is the precursor to learning.”


Gary Krichbaum | Baltimore, MD
"Once somebody knows that you care about them...that goes so much further than any policy or procedure you could ever come up with.”

Chief Jose “Pep” Prado | Hillsborough County, FL
“It’s very simple. You just have to eliminate the things you do that cause you and your family pain.”