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Kathy Nelson oral history interview, 2013 February 07
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Nelson started taking EMS classes in 1985 and became an ambulance operator in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Norma Cleveland Morrison oral history interview, approximately 2012 to 2013
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Morrison moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1953 and was employed as a nurse. She became a head nurse of the emergency departments of Memorial Hospital and Valley Hospital. In the 1970s she pursued certifications in CPR training and taught until her retirement in 1987.
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Mike Nevin oral history interview, approximately 2012 to 2013
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Nevin joined the Virginia City, Nevada fire department when he was in high school. He was employed by the Nevada Division of Forestry for fire service from 1974 to 1998. He was trained as an EMT in 1976.
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Mitch Nowicki oral history interview, 2012 December 12
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Nowicki began EMT training in 1978. He started working in pre-hospital medicine in Reno, Nevada in 1979.
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Marian O'Donnell oral history interview, approximately 2012 to 2013
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O'Donnell started in the medical field as a runner for a medical clinic in the early 1980s. She then took EMT classes and began working for the ambulance service in White Pine County.
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Jeff and Arnold Page oral history interview, 2012 December 21
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Page joined the volunteer fire department in Yerington, Nevada in 1965 and received advanced first aid training.
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Burton Packard oral history interview, 2013 March 14
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Packard became a firefighter trainee in 1980 in Hawthorne, Nevada. He joined the Mineral County Fire Department in 1987 and left the department in 1993.
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William "Bill" Park oral history interview, 2013 March 23
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Park joined the Smith Valley Fire Department in 1966. Park became an EMT in 1972.
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Jim Perkins oral history interview, 2013 January 31
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Perkins joined the Alamo Fire Department before receiving EMT training. In 1973 he began working for the Clark County Fire Department and received paramedic training. He retired from the Alamo Volunteer Fire Department in 1998 and the Clark County Fire Department in 2003.
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Gary Pierson oral history interview, 2012 November 24
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Pierson joined the Gabbs, Nevada fire department in 1970. He received EMT training in Las Vegas around 1980.
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