Personnel
The department is composed of two groups of personnel, career/part time and volunteer. Presently there are forty-eight members in the department: twenty-four career members, six part time members, and eighteen volunteer members.
Volunteer personnel receive notification of emergency calls via pagers. Typically, there are around fifteen active volunteer members. Some of the volunteer personnel have completed courses of the N.C. Certification Programs. Volunteer members serve throughout all ranks in the department as officers, driver/operators, and firefighters.
Presently there are twenty-four full time fire department personnel. The Fire Chief, two Assistant Chiefs, two Fire Inspectors, and one Administrative Assistant work daytime hours during the weekdays. The remaining full time staff works a 24.10 hour rotational shift schedule. You will find a link at the bottom of the page which illustrates the shift schedules. Career personnel provide the technical and support services to maintain departmental facilities and equipment that volunteer members are unable to provide due to time limitations and the increasing demands placed on our staff by other agencies. Presently, all members of the career staff hold NC Level II firefighter certification and EMT Level certification. Both the paid and volunteer members of the department provide fire and safety educational programs. Code enforcement and Inspections are conducted by the Fire Marshals. Administrative duties are divided among the Chief, Assistant Fire Chiefs, Fire Inspectors, and Fire Captains. Over the past couple of years the department has computerized some areas of administration and operations to increase efficiency and improve performance. We continue to look for ways to streamline all operations and administration functions.
This is the 2009 Shift Schedule (PDF) for Southern Pines Fire Department personnel.
The Department's personnel is as follows:
Administrative Staff
Fire Chief Hampton Williams
Assistant Chief / Fire Marshal John Stone
Assistant Chief Mike Cameron
Inspector Bryan Lyczkowski
Inspector Buddy Thompson
Administrative Assistant Juliet King
Career A-Shift
Captain Scott Padgett
Lieutenant John McCaskill (LOA)
Acting Lieutenant Asa Bailey
Firefighter Brandon Morris
Firefighter Jon Smith
Firefighter Chris Phillips
Firefighter Adam Godfrey
Career B-Shift
Captain Paul Padgett
Lieutenant Paul Christopher
Firefighter James Marks
Firefighter Matthew Britt
Firefighter Randy Jackson
Firefighter Ricky Watts
Career C-Shift
Captain Ted Horvath
Lieutenant John Wayne Strowd III
Firefighter Richard Fowler
Firefighter Tim Smith
Firefighter Anthony Greene
Firefighter Brooks Harrington (P/T)
Part Time
Firefighter Curtis Holden
Firefighter Chad Thomason
Firefighter Logan DeBerry
Firefighter Matt Hildebrand
Firefighter Matthew Blell
Volunteers
Assistant Chief Robert Ryder
Captain Martin Dowd
Captain Robert Patterson
Lieutenant Chip Rapatas
Lieutenant Wes Little
Driver/Operator Mike Cornell
Firefighter Carol Dowd
Firefighter Nelson Scott
Firefighter Steady Meares
Firefighter Rodney VanBoskerck
Firefighter Jennifer Hayes
Firefighter Lawson Thomas
Firefighter Gerard Capstaff, Jr.
Firefighter Armmand Alston
Firefighter Matt Davis
Firefighter Trent VanBoskerck
Firefighter Derek Markey
Firefighter Gerard J. Capstaff, Sr.
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