Captain Ron Buice (Ret.)
Gwinnett Fire and Emergency Services
February 10, 1975 to December 10, 1999
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Gwinnett Fire and Emergency Services
February 10, 1975 to December 10, 1999
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25 years in the trenches and loved it.
Nothing can compare with being a Firefighter
Saving lives and Property
My second family
1976 Gwinnett Underwater Search and Rescue Team
Me, Lamar Johnson, Dickey Howard, Michael Buice, Randy Robinson, Chuck Miller, Butch Williamson,
Gralen Williams, Danny Harkins, Bill MacDonald, Bill Barrett
Chief Ray Mattison appointed me to get Gwinnett's first Dive Team started.
Ronald Pugh(Puff), Wayne Chewning, Phillip Wright(Boogger), Lt. Donny Thomas, Randy Pierce, Barry Porter, Me
I organized, trained, and equipped the best dive team in the Southeast.
We started with horse collars and the old brush truck
later getting BC vest, dry suits, and EXO mask.
We made several river rescues, evidence recovery for the PD
and a cold water near drowning rescue
Station 14 B-Shift
We worked hard and played hard
Barry making a pot of grits, his usual morning ritual
Capt Dickey Howard designed and painted
our station logo in the Bunker gear room
The Infamous and always Allusive "Buford Triangle"
Buford - Sugar Hill - Rest Haven
Randy and Barry watch Booger shave Rodney Padget's head
Jesse Renfroe, Randy, George Byrd, Mike Bachelor, and Porter
light the candles on our mini hot air baloon
It worked good until it hit the power lines out back and caught the plastic on fire
Craig's gear
waiting for your return brother
Craig and I worked together at Station 14
We worked many diferent calls saving lives and property, however
this one would be a little different. We responded to a working house fire
on Sycamore Rd in Sugar Hill. This would be Craigs last day fighting fires,
soon he would be fighting another fire inside his body.
After returning from that call he sadly ask to be moved
to some type of non emergency work. He was concerned that his coordination
had deteriorated to the point where one of his fellow firefighters
might get hurt because of him.
He knew someting was wrong with his body
but we didn't know until later it would turn out to be ALS
That was a sad day I'll never forget.
Now read the rest of the story. Craig's Story
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