Newton Fire/EMS spotlights Lt. Darrell Graves
The A-Shift lieutenant serves on local, regional and interstate search-and-rescue teams
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Sign up freeNewton Fire/EMS featured Lt. Darrell Graves in a Sept. 30 employee spotlight, crediting him with supporting his crew and helping modernize department operations. The city’s staff listing identifies Graves as an A-Shift lieutenant. According to the department’s spotlight, Graves said camaraderie and the job’s “adrenaline rush” are among his favorite aspects of the work. “The job and the Newton community have given me so much over the years that I can’t imagine doing anything else,” he said in the department’s post.
The department said Graves also serves on the Newton Fire/EMS Technical Rescue Team, Kansas Task Force 5 and Kansas Task Force 1. The Kansas State Fire Marshal’s search-and-rescue manual identifies Task Force 5 as a South Central Kansas regional team sponsored by Sedgwick County Fire District No. 1, with Newton Fire/EMS among its participating agencies. The manual identifies Task Force 1 as Kansas’ interstate urban search-and-rescue resource, which can deploy outside the state following an authorized request.
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