became the Fire Chief in January of 2014.
Robert says of this transition, “I never envisioned myself doing that, but the opportunity kind of presented itself and it just
seemed like the thing to do at the time.
You never know where life will take you.”
The job of Fire Chief is much different
from volunteering or working in other roles at
the fire department. The job of chief requires
a 9 to 5 schedule as opposed to a shift schedule. He is also on call all almost all of the
time. “People call me at all times of the night
or day,” Robert explains. Another difference
is the level of responsibility. He says, “The
responsibility is ever-present. You are thinking about all of the things you have to keep up
with and all of the things that could go wrong.”
Robert says that every call they receive
at the Moncure Fire Department is unique.
The most common calls are medical calls,
but they also have calls for fires, accidents,
and water rescues, among many others.
“People call the fire department when
they don’t know who to call,” says Robert.
Robert and the men and women at the
Moncure Fire Department work hard to
protect their community. They are currently
offering smoke detector installation, fire
prevention services, fire station tours, and
child safety seat installation, all for no charge.
In addition, for a small donation you can
purchase reflective number signs for your
house from them. Most important of all,
however, the fire department offers compassion. Robert explains, “My mission at the
fire department is to treat our community
members as if they are members of our family.
It becomes a job, and you have to build up
a barrier so that things don’t bother you,
but at the same time you have to remember
that when you respond to someone’s house
it is probably the worst day of their life.”
You can learn more about the Moncure
Fire Department at w w w.moncurefire.
com or at www.facebook.com/moncurefire. If you are interested in learning more
about Robert’s books on drumming, go
to w w w.drummer s f ir s t aidkit .com. ★
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