JAMIE SMITH NEW ELIZABETHTOWN DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF

            Elizabethtown Fire Chief Byron Graham announces the appointment of Jamie Smith as the Deputy Fire Chief for the Department.  The Deputy Fire Chief position is a new full-time paid position funded jointly by the Town of Elizabethtown and the Elizabethtown Rural Fire District.

            Smith is 30 years old, single and engaged, and has volunteered with the Elizabethtown Fire Department for fourteen years.   He was born and raised in Elizabethtown.

Previously he was employed with the Ft. Bragg Fire Department for six years and with the Camp Lejeune Fire Department for two years.  Both were Federal government jobs.

Smith has extensive training in Firefighting Strategies and Tactics, Driver’s Training such as pumping the fire truck and operation of ladder trucks, Rescue Training, Hazardous Materials and Rapid Intervention Training (RIT) as well as medical training.

Smith commented that he loved the RIT training the most because it deals with rescuing downed or injured firefighters and really puts you to work physically, emotionally, and decisively.  He is also glad to be back working in his hometown protecting and serving the citizens of Elizabethtown and surrounding areas in Bladen County.