Doug Wallace

Hailing from Leesburg, Virginia, Doug Wallace has been living in Blountville for 4 years. He is a volunteer at Sullivan County Volunteer Fire Department as a fire fighter, and also helps out Bristol Lifesaving Crew, which he has been doing for 2 years in Tennessee, and 7 years back in Virginia with the Arcola Volunteer Fire Department. In his everyday job, Doug owns and operates Tri-Cities Lock & Safe, along with Bristol Lock & Safe. Doug is currently separated and has twin boys and a daughter, and attended Loudon County High School in Virginia. In his free time he collects and races Ford Mustangs, along with enjoying Hunting and Fishing. Doug says that volunteering at Sullivan County VFD is a lot of fun, though a lot of work as well, but is great because he’s working with his second family. The volunteers in Sullivan County are nice people just trying to give back to the community and helping out, and if you are thinking about joining, helping out and giving back is probably in your nature- so there is no reason not to.

Chris Berry

A 6th and 7th grade social studies teacher for T.A. Dugger Junior High School, Chris is very involved with helping the people around him. He grew up in Piney Flats, Tennessee, and that is still where he currently resides today. Chris attended Sullivan East High School and went on to East Tennessee State University, earning his Bachelor of Arts in History and Education. He volunteers his services at Piney Flats Volunteer Fire Department, where he has been at for 7 years and currently serves as Assistant Chief. Along with teaching and firefighting, Chris also serves as the Missions Coordinator for the church he attends- Edgefield United Methodist Church in Piney Flats. He says that throughout high school he remembers a couple of his friends that volunteered for EMS that originally got his interest in volunteering for some form of rescue service, and when Piney Flats VFD started to do some scouting to recruit people, he was in. The biggest thing that Chris has received from the fire department so far is the brotherhood bonds that form while you are volunteering, and turns into a close group of family. There is a huge commitment that comes with being a volunteer firefighter and it helps when you are making and keeping that commitment with close friends.

Adam Delph

When Adam was about 10 years old, the house he was living in caught on fire, and ever since then he has worked at the fire department in some way. Soon after the house fire, Adam began to hang around the local fire station, East Sullivan Volunteer Fire Department, and while he was too young to officially serve, helped out around the station in whatever way possible. He started off just working the radios and opening gates for the trucks when there was a fire until he was 16, and could officially sign up to be a firefighter. He now serves as Capitan, Chairman of the Board, and part of the First Response team at East Sullivan VFD, has been volunteering there for 16 years. Adam is originally from Bristol, Tennessee, and attended Sullivan East High School. He still lives there to this day and is married with 3 boys. He also owns and works at an Embroidery Silk Screen Business in Bristol for his everyday job. In his free time, Adam enjoys playing softball and riding bicycles. He also races dirt bikes, his personal bike being a Honda 450cc, at different events up and down the east coast. Adam says that one of the most important things at the fire department is the trust you have to have in your fellow fire fighters. The bonds that are formed way before the fire happens are what makes safe and successful rescues- when you can trust your fellow firefighters in all situations, everyone can be safer and faster in rescue and firefighting emergencies.