The Monroe County Board of County Commissioners just lately honored and acknowledged the long-standing management and accomplishments made by retiring Hearth Chief James “Jim” Callahan, who enabled Monroe County Hearth Rescue to turn out to be the skilled group that it’s right now for the Florida Keys group.
Over time, Callahan labored with the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority to extend the variety of hearth hydrants for hearth suppression, elevated staffing ranges to fulfill the state’s minimal requirements and labored with mission administration to rebuild the fireplace stations in Conch Key, Inventory Island, Large Pine and Cudjoe Key and make renovations to Tavernier, Layton and Sugarloaf.
In partnership with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Workplace, Callahan included flight paramedics and flight nurses on the Trauma Star air ambulance service to help with crucial affected person care throughout helicopter transports. He additionally consolidated airport hearth providers by giving Key West Worldwide Airport firefighters entry to state-mandated coaching and logistics to deal with medical calls and different emergencies higher.
Callahan established a Hearth Prevention Division with a devoted hearth marshal and added deputy hearth marshals to deal with constructing plan opinions, development inspections, industrial hearth inspections and public training. He has additionally enhanced the Coaching Division with further personnel and facilitated a state-of-the-art coaching facility to develop Florida Keys people into licensed skilled firefighters and emergency medical technicians in coordination with the School of the Florida Keys.
As well as, the ‘Scorching Photographs’ program, which has now graduated seven courses, is a program he launched.
Throughout his recognition, with workers sporting his signature mustachio, he stated these milestones weren’t achieved solely by him however by group help, the Board of County Commissioners, the county administrator, and his devoted hearth rescue workers.