Mike McMurray:  

Life After graduating high school, I went to college in Prescott and then returned to the Verde Valley for work. I stayed around there until the mid 80's when I left for the Phx area and stayed there until 1991 when I left for South East Texas. I have been in SE Tx since. "I survived Hurricane Rita". lol School Looking back, school was actually a pretty good time. Miss a lot of old friends, but then who doesn't. College AAS in Fire Science at Yavapai College in Prescott. It was a fantastic 2 years filled with hard studies and sometimes even harder partying. (or was it vice versa, kind of a fog. lol) Workplace Well there were the burgers I flipped at A&W. The dishes I washed at Page Springs Restaurant. Volunteer & paid fire department time. Fire & Air Rescue at McDonnell Douglas FD. Oh yeah, how could I forget, vampire at SMH in Scottsdale. And finally, 1991, I was trained in Remote Environment Paramedicine to work as a paramedic in the offshore oil industry when I moved to Tx. I have been with the same company since and I have spent most of that time in the Gulf of Mexico, but have also been to Russia and Trinidad. All while working combinations of 14/14, 21/21, 28/28, day schedules. Early 2007 I was transferred to a land rig in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, wow what a difference. The area is at a higher elevation than where I grew up in Az, but very similar in appearance. ...Expand for more