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MADISON COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
(L to R) • Steve Robinson • Kyle Danback • James Neel • Rick Pogue • Luke Nickelson • Sheriff Katy McCutcheon • Wendell Bellew • Corey Sikes • Jacob Lunsford • Brandon Wheeler • Danny Dicus
FREDERICKTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT CHEROKEE PASS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
• Chief John Clark • Joe Barber • Brandon Brown • Daytona Brown • Paul Brown • Kyle Clark • Chad Denman • Jacob Farmer • Jeff Farmer • BJ Francis • Albert Henderson • Kevin Jones • Ted Martin • Russ Parker • Andrew Sikes • Mark Stamp • Butch Braswell
Family of Firefighters
MADISON COUNTY DISPATCHERS
• Nicole Buckley • Martha Cook • Laura Marler • Kyle McDowell • Jennifer Reilson • Kyle Rogers • Lana Stephens • Donna Sutton
MADISON COUNTY AMBULANCE DISTRICT (L to R) • Robbie Buesking • Nick Mills • Harrison Tucker • Destiny Burch • Dan Miersch
NOT PICTURED: • Nora Bollinger • Cody Charleville • Jessie Daniels • Darick Day • Chris Hoover • Renee McClure • Chelsey McDowell • Nick Million • Erika Moore • Brandon Naucke • Cody Naucke • Ariel Nicholson • Kylie Nute • Michael O’Loughlin • Russ Parker • Grant Pingel • Sarah Shumake • Andrew Sikes • Dan Stevens • Will Stuerman • Calvin Thomure
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John Clark with son Kyle Clark
Jeff Farmer with son Jacob Farmer
Paul Brown with son Daytona Brown
Jacob Farmer with parents Jeff and Starr Farmer
Kyle Clark with son Calvin Clark
The Fredericktown Fire Department is one big family including three father and son pairs within the group. John Clark and his son Kyle, Paul Brown and his son Daytona and Jeff Farmer and his son Jacob all work together as firefighters at the department. “I never planned on him following me,” Chief John Clark said. “He actually talked to someone else on the department about getting on before he said anything to me.” Clark said that he was always a dad first but remembers Kyle teething on the antenna of his radio and proudly wearing his fire department t-shirts to school. “What kid doesn’t love fire trucks when they are little,” Clark said. “They hang with us at the station and sit in the fire truck or someone’s vehicle at a call while dad takes care of the problem that had been called to fix. They get exposed really early to what we do.” While Clark never pressured Kyle to join he is proud to serve on the same department. “We can’t predict the future, but I don’t doubt that Kyle won’t be writing the same story 20 years from now about his two boys,” Clark said. “My advice is to trust your kids, remember that they were once the one who had daddy’s pager letting him know that he had a call and with the guidance of the firehouse family they should handle it just fine.” Jeff Farmer has been watching his son Jacob complete all the requirements to be a full time firefighter including a recent completion of Firefighter I & II as well as Hazmat Awareness and Operations through the Mineral Area Fire Academy. “I am so proud to see the young man that my son has evolved into,” Farmer said. “I love to see the excitement and determination in his eyes for the service he has and I am glad we get to serve on the same fire department with one thing in mind to protect and help the citizens of our community.” Farmer said it takes him back to when he was Jacob’s age as he was getting involved with the fire department. When Paul Brown joined the Fredericktown Fire Department back in
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1992 his son Daytona was 2 months old. Daytona grew up around the firehouse like many of the others. “To see him on an accident scene or fire call and see how professional he is and how well he handles himself brings me great joy,” Brown said. “I am very proud of him and I am truly blessed to have my son on the fire department with me.” Daytona said that when he was growing up he would always see his dad leaving for calls and ever since he was little he knew what he wanted to do when he grew up. “Dad (Brown) works full time as a firefighter/paramedic and I always knew I’d follow in his footsteps,” Daytona said. “He taught me to always help other people whenever you can and that is why I started EMT school my senior year of high school, joined the fire department in 2011 and became a paramedic in 2013.” Chief Clark said that he never wanted Kyle or any of the others to feel the pressure of being a dad’s kid on the department. “I want them to succeed on their own and not as the chief’s kid or because their dad is on the department,” Clark said. “As it turned out I am harder on them than anyone else and they have it all under control.” The department is one big family. Clark said whether they are fighting a house fire or doing a community event they operate as a group, a family. They may have disagreements and fight like brothers but by the next day they have moved passed it. “Having Kyle on the department is no different than one of the other guys,” Clark said. “What I do enjoy is the extra time we get to spend together and those moments when he brings his boys down to help with whatever we are fixing or cleaning that day.” The camaraderie amongst the team members is no different from any sports team. They just use different equipment and wear different uniforms. “Sometimes we get a win and there are time we take a loss at a call,” Clark said. “But at every call we work together as a team, as a family.” “Am I proud that he (Kyle) is a member? Absolutely,” Clark said. “We are not the first duo nor will we be the last.”
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• Fire Chief Bill Starkey • Wendell Moore • Harold Rhodes • Gary King • Becky McFarland • Tracy Kelly • Tim Thorton • Mike Monroe • Julie Gillespie • Dave McFarland • Chris Kennedy • Katy McCutcheon • Brad Reagan • Duane Woods • Robert Nichols • Chris Gillespie • Dean Stevens • Kyle Rogers • Mike Viehland • Mikey Fitchlee
FREDERICKTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT
• Chief Eric Hovis • Mike Sletten • Kyle Colyott • Kenny Milam • Hank Williams • Jacob Musgrove • Dan Curtis • Kane Harris • Ethan Nichelson • Zach Boyer • Jordan Myers • Adam Bellew • David Lewis • Dale White
MARQUAND VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
• Jim Starkey • Phillip Karn • Jerry Stephens • Melvin Stephens • Ryan Stephens • Heath Stephens • Shane Stephens • Edwin Kennon • Rick Lord • Brad Cook • Austin Reeves • Coy Bailey • Ethen Lord • Drew Cook • Rylan Meek