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Mar 9
3 min

Meet The Team: Claudia Saldana

Darian: (Reads text from Claudia, sighs heavily) "Jose! Claudia in general, you deal with her.Tag your it!" Jose: (Picks up phone calls C...

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Feb 21
3 min

Meet The Team: Austin Zepeda

F.I.R.S.T. is said to be a family owned and operated company. But it is amazing how many have come to work for F.I.R.S.T. because their f...

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Team F.I.R.S.T.

Jan 31
2 min

Meet The Team: John Garcia

"I was at a crossroads in life, I never felt like I would be a firefighter. A buddy of mine got an application to join the fire departmen...

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Team F.I.R.S.T.

Jan 24
3 min

Meet The Team: John Hayes

Don't let the half smile fool you, John Hayes, our Lead Air Technician whose been with the company for a total of four years, is known fo...

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Team F.I.R.S.T.

Jan 16
2 min

Meet The Team: Hayden Fenley

The young man pictured above is about to hit his two year mark with the company. He is one of our rescue technicians, and we'd like you t...

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Team F.I.R.S.T.

Jan 3
3 min

Meet The Team: Zach Shelton

"I've been having a ball since I was a boy in Beaumont", Okay so those may not be the exact words Zach used to describe his childhood grow...

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Dec 27, 2019
3 min

Meet The Team: Brady Devereaux

"Rescue has been my life, I did it for 34 years in the Houston Fire Department, and I looked forward to going to work every single day. N...

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Team F.I.R.S.T.

Jun 27, 2019
4 min

Meet The Team: Alex Romero

Dependable, hard working, humble, friendly and patient. We're probably missing multiple adjectives to describe this team members many fin...

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Team F.I.R.S.T.

May 3, 2019
2 min

Meet The Team: Vernon Davis

With a city fire department, and military background, it was a happy occurrence that Robert Yarbrough and Brady Devereaux happened to be ...

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Apr 4, 2019
3 min

Meet The Team: Robert Yarbrough

You would be hard pressed to find a person more passionate about rope rescue than Robert Yarbrough. He has been with the company pretty m...

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Team F.I.R.S.T.

Mar 15, 2019
2 min

Meet The Team: JoAna Benavidez

From the day JoAna joined our team in October of 2016, she has always been a positive, big-hearted individual. Caring about the people yo...

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Team F.I.R.S.T.

Dec 28, 2018
4 min

Meet The Team: Brad Hawthorne

"My dad is the hardest working man I know. He has always been an amazing provider for our family. He is a man of integrity, has solid mor...

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Team F.I.R.S.T.

Dec 18, 2018
2 min

Crisis Management: What's your plan?

Have you ever met someone who was always planning their "escape route" or "plan of action" in the event of an emergency? If the worst sho...

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Team F.I.R.S.T.

Dec 18, 2018
2 min

Safety Tip Tuesday: Vehicle Inspection / Safety

Often times it is the things we do everyday that may pose the greatest threat because of complacency. If you live in Texas, while driving...

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Team F.I.R.S.T.

Dec 18, 2018
2 min

Safety Tip Tuesday: Fall Protection

Some of you who are reading this article may remember the "Pre-OSHA" days, where it was commonplace to take certain risks on the job. Per...

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Team F.I.R.S.T.

Dec 18, 2018
2 min

Handling Hot Work

In preparation for this article, the events at Quinton, Oklahoma had not yet taken place. The cause of the fire is still unknown, it may ...

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Team F.I.R.S.T.

Dec 18, 2018
2 min

Safety Tip Tuesday: Confined Space

Heading into work, the days tasks running through your mind. Paper work in order, crew in place you enter a labeled confined space area, w...

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Dec 14, 2018
2 min

Meet The Team: Lisa Groover

She's as cool as the last name implies, Lisa Groover our payroll specialist, has been with the company for about a year now. While she ha...

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Team F.I.R.S.T.

Nov 15, 2018
4 min

Meet The Team: Roy Creager

It is fitting that during the month of F.I.R.S.T. LLC's 10 Year anniversary, we feature one of our Owner's and President Roy Creager. 201...

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Team F.I.R.S.T.

Sep 28, 2018
2 min

Meet The Team: Frank Ratka

"I spent 3 to 4 summer's at the the firehouse with my dad and uncle as a kid. When I was 11 I was apart of my first rescue simulation or ...

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