Thursday, May. 14, 2009
Meet your firefighters
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closeName | Phil Ferro
Age | 37
Occupation | Horry County firefighter-emergency medical technician
Residence | Murrells Inlet
Family | Married to Kris Ferro; one daughter, age 3; one child on the way
Originally from | Long Island, in New York
How long have you lived here? Seven years
How long have you worked for Horry County Fire Rescue? 5½ years; 10 months at Carolina Forest Station 39
Total experience as a firefighter? Began working as an EMT in 1991.
When and why did you decide you wanted to be a firefighter-EMT? Volunteered for the fire department for 4½ years, a friend was a firefighter. He also became interested through watching the TV show "9-1-1."
What do you like the most about being a firefighter? "The gratification of helping somebody, them saying, 'Thank you for all you do.' That's a good feeling."
Hobbies, interests | spending time with his daughter, bike riding, golf
Favorite music or singer/band | Disco
Favorite movie | Tie between "Staying Alive" and "Saturday Night Fever"
What's something people might not know about you? That he loves disco music! (He's not kidding, folks. I asked. Multiple times.)
_As told to Sarah P. Kennedy, editor, Your Carolina Forest.
This is the 11th 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.
Correction/clarification | The April 8 profile was of Horry County Rescue firefighter Lt. Matt Morse. He has 17½ total years of experience as a firefighter. He lives in the Villages of Arrowhead.
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