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Glen Rose oral history interview, approximately 2012 to 2013
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Rose joined the Lovelock, Nevada Volunteer Fire Department in 1968. He operated an ambulance and took EMT courses.
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Bernard Sease oral history interview, 2013 June 17
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Sease joined the Carson City Fire Department in 1964 and served until his retirement in 1990, when he was chief.
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Davette Jackson Shea oral history interview, 2013 March 14
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After working as a nurse in air ambulances in Denver, Colorado, Shea moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1981. Shea worked as a flight nurse from 1976 to 1988.
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Chris Sloman oral history interview, approximately 2012 to 2013
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Sloman worked for an ambulance service in New Mexico until he became director of the Elko, Nevada ambulance service in 2010.
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Lynne Smith oral history interview, approximately 2012 to 2013
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Smith joined the Fallon, Nevada ambulance service in 1986 as a basic EMT.
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Larry Wrangham oral history interview, approximately 2012 to 2013
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Wrangham was a paramedic with the Las Vegas Fire Department from 1980 to 1997.
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William "Bill" Southard oral history interview, 2012 December 13
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Southard worked as Yerington, Nevada's only paid firefighter starting in 1961. He was also a member of the Professional Rescue Instructors of Nevada.
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Ben Sharit oral history interview, approximately 2012 to 2013
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Sharit is chief of the Tahoe-Douglas Fire Protection District. He became an EMT in 1981.
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Don Stangle oral history interview, 2013 March 02
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Stangle was a member of the Douglas Volunteer Fire Department from 1972 to 1996. He started driving the department's ambulance in 1972, and took EMT training throughout the 1970s.
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Dick Swinney oral history interview, approximately 2012 to 2013
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Swinney served on the fire department faculty at Texas A&M from 1976 to 1978. He became a certified EMT in Nevada and trained with Professional Rescue Instructors of Nevada. He was coordinator of EMS in Nevada, owned an ambulance transfer service, and authored a program for emergency training.
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