Steel Valley Firefighter Profile
 

1. Name, Age and Location of where you live. 
John Williams – City of Clairton

2. Fire Company/EMS service?
City of Clairton

3. Musical Interests? 
I play guitar in a band (acoustic) and sing…so anything that can be played on the guitar I pretty much like…SRV, Zep, Pearl Jam, Floyd to name a few of my fav’s.

4. Fire/EMS Training? 
FF1, EMT, VRT, SVRT, RIT, Truck Ops, Ropes – High Angle, Confined Space, HazMat Tech, Structure Burns, Pumps, High Rise FF, Eng Co Ops, to name a few..

5. Job Position currently? 
Ops Manager CJ Systems Aviation Group and Operations/Charter at Corporate Air..

6. What do you do in your downtime in life when not at a fire? 
Spending time with my two beautiful boys Nate & Jordan, relaxing at my camp in Prince Gallitzen, playing guitar, and hanging with the boys @ Club 46

7. Most Favorite Accomplishment in Fire or EMS or life in general? 
Life in general….sold a 12.3 million dollar jet…when I was not in sales.
J Cha—ching!  In the fire service….Firefighter of the Year – City of Clairton 1993

8. Life Flight or STAT? 
Closest but prefer STAT….EMT-P’s have better pre-hospital experience than an ICU RN. 

9. Offices you have held in fire service? 
R1 – I prefer to stay out of the lights…and do my thing.  
J

10. Goals in life, goals in fire or EMS? 
Be the best father I can be, stay healthy, and make sure my kids are secure financially when god calls my name.  In fire…to become an instructor when I get the time to do so

11. Something you would never know about me? 
 I used to do a little boxing and could throw down in the street with the best of them. 
J

12. Favorite sports teams?
Pens/Steelers/Pirates/Pitt/Clairton “Da-Bears”

13. Car/SUV/Truck you drive?
07 Colorado Crew Cab Z71

14. Truckie or Hose Humper? 
Depends on my mood…but Glassport has been using my Truckie skills the last few weeks..

15. Most memorable event in your fire career? 
 Falling through the floor at the Puritan Building Fire on St. Clair Avenue…..

16. Under Armour or Nike? 
Nike shoes…Under Armour for sports

17. Obama or that other idiot? 
F em all..JW for Pres!

18. If you're a guy, would you wear pink? 
I do after I do a load of white laundry with my sons red baseball socks

19. Should fire trucks be RED? 
Anything other than red is not ripe

20. Do you know Rich Yosi?
Would you save him if he was choking on a large hot dog?  Never heard of him