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 to meet Mr. Hayden Fenley. WHY RESCUE? "With the activities I enjoy, I thought this line of work would help me in everyday life. I think it's good to know basic life saving skills" WHO ARE YOUR MENTORS? "The company is basically one big family. It doesn't matter your background. Someone is always wanting to help you. There hasn't been a team

You would be hard pressed to find a person more passionate about rope rescue than Robert Yarbrough. He has been with the company pretty much since day one and has always been all in! Many of our employee's have attended one of his new hire training sessions. The feelings are often expressed "if you can survive Robert's training, you can make it!" Because of the passion Robert has for rope rescue, he demands accuracy and adherence to the technique that F.I.R.S.T. employs for t

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 has been with F.I.R.S.T. for a relatively short time, she's had experience in the payroll field for about 12 years now. We've been happy to have her expertise here. Lisa is part brainiac, currently she has gone back to school to get her accounting degree. She says "I love numbers, solving the puzzle and the satisfaction of balancing. I enjoy t

"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 training. I repelled down the 5th floor in front of a class that was afraid of heights. I've done rescue work for at least 20 years now. I've worked with men like Brady Devereaux, Logan Reininger, Greg Doggett and Robert Yarbrough. I spent several years in the military performing rescue's, with whatever was available. But you don't have to r

Mr. Aldrich comes from a class of people who still takes pride in a hard days work. He would come in at the end of a shift, find an empty desk, meticulously review his paperwork, share a bit of small talk and then leave with a, "Well, I guess I'm gunna bug out to the dug out." He always has neat little sayings like that. He is a kind individual who takes pride in completing every aspect of his job with precision. Dennis Aldrich has been been with the company since July of 201

F.I.R.S.T. is proud to be a "family owned and operated company", but our owner's Roy and Celeste Creager makeup only one of the family duo's. We would like to introduce you to Kalynn and Jacob Hanna. Kalynn has been with us since early 2016 as our Sales Representative in the Port Arthur area. Her husband Jacob has recently joined supporting our training department as an instructor. Everyone who has had the privilege of working with either Kalynn or Jacob, has always had, noth

Towards the end of 2016 F.I.R.S.T. found itself in need of assistance around the shop. Alex Romero our Shop Coordinator was in need of help, he had just lost his right hand man, and keeping things running around the shop is no easy task. It was around this time that we hit the jackpot with Josue Luna or Josh. As usual, for most new hires, Josh went through our rescue training program and did well. Causing our shop coordinator to have to share Josh with rescue teams. Josh pred

The level of talent that goes through this company is not limited to our Rescue, Safety or even Training divisions, F.I.R.S.T. is privileged to have a top notched IT support in, Sean Orsack. All of us are amazed at what Sean is able to do. If something goes wrong in our IT world the first thing you'll hear us echo is "Call Sean". He provided a brief summary of how the wealth of his knowledge was acquired. He said "it was a passion, I got my first IT job at 18. Worked until 20

August 2017 while Hurricane Harvey stationed itself over Texas and dumped an unprecedented amount of water over Houston and surrounding area's, James Felder found himself in Mississippi working a rescue job. For many Houstonians who were not affected by flood and rain waters, they experience a feeling of being trapped, unable to provide assistance. While a good number were able to get out and use their personal trucks, boats and anything else of use to help in rescue work, th