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Volunteer Fire Department. “What are the requirements for being a chief?” Dodson asked. Roby answered that although it varies from organization to organization a chief needs to be a leader, level-headed, extremely knowledgeable in his or her field and possess the ability to make life and death decisions under emergency situations.
Trey Smith, the son of Randy and Debbie Smith of Amissville, and who like Dodson and classmate Michael Mills, runs with Company 3 Amissville also wants to be a professional firefighter. He asked Roby, “Do you agree with the policy of no tobacco use in paid (fire) companies on or off duty?”
Roby said he does. He said firefighters encounter enough risks to their lungs and bodies from smoke and chemicals and that if they smoke legal questions about cancer can arise. He said they need to remain as healthy as possible and it’s one less hazard they face if they don’t smoke.
Michael Mills, an RCHS junior and the son of Sheir Holman and David Mills, asked Roby what he considered the most stressful thing about being a firefighter. Roby said, no question about it, it is the decision making — having to be the one responsible for making the decisions both about emergencies and about personnel.
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