Sam Roach is a full-time critical care paramedic and firefighter at Rural Metro Fire. The same Sam Roach is a full-time RN and paramedic in the emergency room at Parkwest …
Robert Keeler: 31 years and loving it
Ya gotta love it to work 31 years for the same company, to learn how to flip a switch, to work 80 to 100 hours a week, week after week, …
Jeff Devlin calls Rural Metro Fire ‘community guardians’
“The guardians of our community.”
It’s not the name of a movie nor a video game. It’s not a cliché to the man who said it …. or just another catchy …
Jake Ikard meets his Rural Metro heroes
Jacob Alan “Jake” Ikard will live to see his 15th birthday on August 20 along with the rest of his life. A pair of Rural Metro Fire first responders – …
Chief Brian Chesney: ‘A happy and lucky man’
In the times in which we live, working for the same company for 31 years is something special. Big Brian Chesney was 24 when he was a student in Rural …
Capt. Robby Nix: Rural Metro’s busiest
There’s a case to be made that Capt. Robby Nix is the busiest professional Rural Metro Fire has on its payroll. And when you study his workload and responsibilities, it’s …
Robinson and Westrup walk into flames
Rural Metro professionals walked into a small apartment full of flames, heat, heavy smoke, no visibility, electrical wires and melted metal objects hanging down to find the woman who lived …
New road, new fire trucks for North Knox County
State and county officials were at Rural Metro Station 36 on Monday, dedicating two new fire trucks. One will be permanently stationed at the Halls firehall near Norris Freeway and …