I was born in High Wycombe, England on June 9th, 1962.  My Dad was in the military and met my Mom there.  Being military, we traveled a lot and we were stationed in Guam, Germany, Oklahoma, Texas, Massachusetts, Arizona, and finally Washington.
 
I attended Aylen Junior High and Puyallup High School.  There, I played baseball and basketball.  After graduation, I went to Bates Vocational Tech for fire service training and attended Fort Steilacoom Community College in pursuit of my Fire Command and Administration degree.

 

I was hired with the Summit/South Hill Fire Department in April of 1985 and decided to get away from the 2 year levies and see what the City of Puyallup had to offer for security in 1989 (insert laugh here).  Now with the merger with Central Pierce Fire & Rescue, I am happy to be back with many of the people I worked with in the past and look forward to meeting all the new fellow employees.

 

I have been married to my wonderful wife, Heidi, for 22 years (18 of them happy, joke!).  I have 2 great kids, Jessica is 18 and Luke is 16.

 

I enjoy traveling, fishing, camping, playing softball with CPFR, and basketball sessions whenever possible.