Rich Langford would probably agree that he was made for a job in the fire service.
Now, he has a job no other African American has ever held at Everett Fire. He’s the department’s newest battalion chief.“First, it is a tested position,” said Langford. “So, it’s not as if there haven’t been African American chiefs in Everett. It’s just that I don’t believe that anybody else actually tested in this position.”“As you progress through the department, there are ways to help the department get better, ways to make change,” said Langford.
“The very kind Seattle medics took me to the hospital,” he said. “And then they came to check up on me at my job. And they talked to me about being a paramedic and about being a firefighter. And I had never considered it before. Never. never, never crossed my mind. Until then. And I was hooked.” He joined the Everett Fire Department in 1996. Twenty-three years later, his son joined the department, too.“No, no,” he insisted. “Not here. Not at all. No. I don’t think — these guys don’t care what color I am.”“I mean, don’t get me wrong, I’ve been called names,” he concedes.“If I can make a difference in one person’s life for even a short period of time,” he said, “then I’ve done what I’m supposed to be doing.
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