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Assistant Chief Rudolph (Ruddy)
Jefferson
has tenured with
the RVFD for about 20 years. An elderly
lady loss her life due to a structure
fire and Assistant Chief Jefferson felt
the need for a department in Rushmere
because the other departments were too
far from the area. That is why he chose
firefighting as his profession. His
greatest fear is losing a firefighter at
a structural fire. His worse experience
was the devastation of Hurricane
Isabel. Because of his experience as a
firefighter, he has learn how to
communicate with people, solve problems,
research and reach out to the community
and utilize his leadership skills within
the community. Mr. Jefferson enjoys
working closely with his youngest
brother, President Jeremiah Jefferson,
and nephew First Lieutenant Brandon
Jefferson. However, his greatest
accomplishments have been being chosen
the first firefighter of the year and
the networking with the Rushmere
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President Jeremiah Jefferson
has
been with the department for 21 years.
Growing up and seeing so many lives loss
in the community due to fires, he wanted
to give back to the community. That is
why he chose the profession. His
greatest fear is not seeing the younger
generations getting involved. His worse
experience is trying to get the
community as a whole to come together in
support of the department. The
experience he has gained has been
working with people and motivating the
younger people. He also has learned a
lot more about caring. President
Jefferson’s accomplishments include
assuming the office of vice-president
then moving on to his current position
as president. He has enjoyed being in
leadership roles. Most importantly, he
is grateful for witnessing his son,
First Lieutenant Brandon Jefferson
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Captain
Kevin Games
has been with the Rushmere Volunteer Fire
Department since 1990. Kevin chose this
profession because of his background with fire
fighting in the Navy. Joining RVFD has given
him the opportunity to give back to the
community. He says he doesn’t really have any
fears; although his worse experience was when a
ceiling collapse on him during a fire. Captain
Games credits RVFD for the experience he’s gain
with the knowledge of basically fighting fires
and how the social structure of the community
works as far as the government, county and
civilian operates. Kevin has been a certified
Fire Fighter III since 1993 and the Captain
since 1995. He also has been EMT certified
since becoming a fire fighter.
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First Lieutenant Brandon
Jefferson
has been with the
department for four years. His desire was the
give back to the community. That is the reason
he chose this profession. First Lieutenant
Jefferson’s greatest fear is not making it out
safely or losing one of his fellow fire
fighters. His worse experience was getting his
SCBA mask kicked off during a training
evolution. The incident caused his lungs to be
filled with smoke. During his tenure with the
department he has gained experience in learning
how to work with different people and how to be
a leader. Brandon enjoys working closely with
his father, President Jeremiah Jefferson and his
uncle Assistant Chief Rudolph Jefferson.
However, his greatest accomplishments since his
tenure with the department have been being
chosen fire fighter of the year 2002 and 2006.
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