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Lives in:: Murrells Inlet, South Carolina

Department:: Murrells Inlet Garden City Fire Rescue

Title/rank:: Engineer/Paramedic

Years of public service:: 28

Agency structure:: Combination fire department

Top issues in your department:: Manpower,

Professional Qualifications:: Paramedic
Fire Fighter II
Instructor II
ACLS/BLS/PALS instructor
AMLS/PHTLS Instructor

Topics you provide training for:: Multiple Fire and EMS

Areas of expertise:: Providing Education program and curriculum design. Simulation education.

Bio:: I am a 27 year veteran of the Fire and EMS service. I live in beautiful Coastal Carolina and the community of Murrells Inlet. Currently and serve as a career Engineer/Paramedic for the Murrells Inlet Garden City Fire District. I am married to my beautiful wife Katie and have two children. I hold a Master of Science degree from Marshall University in my home state of West Virginia (We Are Marshall...Go Herd). I have spent considerable time training Fire Fighters, Paramedics and EMTs.

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Losing a Brother: Those Left Behind

This week our local fire community has a very heavy heart. Sunday, March 20, 2016, the Conway Fire Department suffered an LODD. Firefighter Christopher Gene Ray was killed in an apparatus related incident. This took place in the early stages of a structure fire in the Conway fire district.

Even after 27 years of Fire and EMS I cannot imagine how Chris’s family feels this morning. I understand the void that the…

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Posted on March 23, 2016 at 4:00pm

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