WES AND WILLIAM DAVIS RESPONDED TO
A SEMITRAILER FIRE ON WILLIAM ’ S LAST DAY ON THE DEPARTMENT
ON FEB . 3 , 2016 . PHOTO PROVIDED BY JFD
LIKE FATHER , LIKE SON Davis follows father ’ s footsteps on fire department
BY DANIEL SUDDEATH
It would have been a normal run on most any other day . A semitrailer was on fire , and William Davis was one of the firefighters who responded to that call on Feb . 3 , 2016 .
But this wasn ’ t a typical day .
Joining the Jeffersonville Fire Department at the age of 21 , Davis had served the city for 40 years . This was to be his last run , an experience certainly worth commemorating , but one made extra special by the firefighter who responded alongside Davis .
Davis ’ legacy didn ’ t smolder when the final flame of his career was doused . It carries on today in the form of his son , Wes Davis , who has been a member of the JFD for 14 years . And in a unique moment , they both were called to the truck fire on that winter day .
“ It really does make me proud and he ’ s doing a good job ,” said William of Wes .
32 Jeffersonville Fire Department / 150 years