Rasco joined the volunteer fire department in Lovelock, Nevada in 1976 and was enlisted into the ambulance service. Later that year he started EMT classes. In 1994 he became chief of the department.

Rivera joined the volunteer fire department in Ely after graduating from high school. He became a professional firefighter in 1991 and completed EMT training in 1999.

Taylor took EMT basic classes at the University of Nevada in the early 1980s. He dropped out of college to pursue EMS work and has progressively increased his EMT credentials.

Wartgow took EMT classes in Smith Valley, Nevada shortly after graduating high school in 1981. In 1982 he began volunteering with the ambulance service.

A native of Yerington, Carlini received EMS training at Utah State before working for the Yerington Fire Department. He became chief in 1990. In 2000 he became chief of the East Fork Fire and Paramedic Districts.

Curtis serves as a member of the Professional Rescue Instructors of Nevada to train first responder groups in Nevada. Curtis moved to Virginia City, Nevada in 1958 and worked for the Silver City Fire Department and the Virginia City department.

A native of McGill, Nevada, Dunton began managing a group of physicians in 1962. In 1973, Dunton began EMT classes, and by 1982 had begun teaching the classes. He performed ambulance duties until 1993.