Jacob Paul Wheless's Page

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Lives in:: Lumberton, Texas

Department:: Lumberton Fire Department

Title/rank:: FF/ECA

Years of public service:: 11

Agency structure:: Combination fire department

Top issues in your department:: Growing pains from being a small community volunteer department into a combination department servicing a rapidly growing community of 24,000 citizens and climbing.

Professional Qualifications:: TCFP Structural FF, Industrial FF, HazMat team member, NREMT-EMR, High angle, confined space rescue technician, vehicle extrication tech 2.

Areas of expertise:: Rescue, HazMat

Bio:: I began my career as a volunteer for Lumberton Fire & EMS at the age of 16. Pursued a career in homeland security before getting into high angle and confined space rescue for 6 years. Received my commission firefighter in 2015 and began a career in industrial firefighting and changed status from volunteer to part-time paid firefighter with Lumberton. This is the greatest job on the planet!

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