Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2009
Horry County Fire Rescue profile
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closeName | Lavon Bellamy
Age | 27
Occupation | Horry County firefighter, Carolina Forest Station 39, Carolina Forest Boulevard
Residence | Canterberry Apartments
Family | single, no children
Originally from | Loris
How long have you lived here? All his life
How long have you worked for Horry County Fire Rescue? Six years; at Carolina Forest Station 39 five months
Total experience as a firefighter? Nine years
When and why did you decide you wanted to be a firefighter? When he was young, emergency medical technicians would come to his house when his grandfather was sick, and he thought what they did was a noble thing. There was a fire station near his high school, and he began volunteering there when he was 18.
What do you like the most about being a firefighter? Helping people. Being there in their time of need.
What's something people might not know about you? He might come across as if he might not help you, but he will.
This is the eighth in a series of weekly profiles of Carolina Forest's public safety professionals: firefighters, medics and police officers of Horry County Fire Rescue and Horry County Police Department.
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