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Somehow fell into being a Firefighter around 1974 (in Lawrence) and continued in that for 26 years - last five as Olathe's Emergency Manager.
That EM period lead me to FEMA, where I work now.
Am officially a DAE (Disaster Assistance Employee) which simply means that I respond to disasters when called - and with all the disasters we've had and are continuing to have it could be a full-time job if I wanted to work that much (which I don't).
Am presently deployed to Des Moines to help out Iowa with the massive flooding they had this year.
After that....... off to somewhere else!
