From his boyhood days of fishing the banks of the Ohio River and Kentucky ponds south of Cincinnati to the rivers, lakes and fields of East Tennessee, Anthony Chitwood loves …
Rood & Cate: A Station 25 team
Paramedic/firefighter Marybeth Rood is a veteran of almost 30 years with Rural Metro. Her partner and driver at Station 25 in Mascot is Kevin Cate, in just his fifth year …
Jeff Kindrick: Firefighter, author loves life at KFD
The man riding in the back seat of Engine 19 in South Knoxville is not, mind you, the stereotypical firefighter you could conjure up in your wildest dreams. In fact, …
Tony Lowery: His life is saving life
CPR saves lives. AEDs save lives. Stop-the-bleeding training saves lives. The Heimlich maneuver saves lives. Tony Lowery saves lives!
Many people in Loudon County know Priority Ambulance training coordinator/shift supervisor Tony …
Lt. Heather Reyda is big in the drug business
It all began when Heather Patton Reyda was a teenager at Bearden High School in the early 1980s. Friends were using and overdosing on crack cocaine. The cocaine epidemic was …
KCR’s Everette Parker is just getting started
When it comes to emergency first responder work, fighting a hot fire, seeing someone die in a wreck or a body after a drowning, Everette Garrison Parker III is just …
Lt. Doug Stiles: From Tuckahoe to KPD and back
Lt. Doug Stiles had two homes growing up – the family home in tiny Tuckahoe and the Knoxville Police Department (KPD). He still calls Tuckahoe home on his eight-acre farm …
Lifeguard’s Anderson excels in people and care
You talk with Dan Anderson. You talk with people who know Dan Anderson. You talk with people who work with Dan Anderson. And you think to yourself: “How can anyone …