Firefighters Episodes

Gramps' first career was in the fire service. He spent a few years on the Atlanta, Georgia, Fire Deparment. He took a leave of absence from the Atlanta Fire Deparment between 1973 and 1975 and traveled to the Marshal Islands where he was a firefighter at the Kwajalien Missle Testing Site. Back home to Atlanta in 1975, he continued his career and was trainined to do a variety of interesting things, such as a bomb disposal technician and an arson investigtor. He served as the Chief of Training and, during that period of the 1980's, was loaned by the City of Atlanta to the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland. There, he was an instructor and course developer in the management and arson investigation programs. He retired as a Deputy Fire Chief at the ripe old age of 38. And he spent a few years as the Georgia Deputy State Fire Marshal. And, he has a few friends with stories that he wants people might be interested in.