Nicholas Miller:  

Life: After Stratford I worked with the City of Goose Creek Fire Department until October 1998. In December 1998 I moved to Apple Grove, West Virginia, where I am still presently located. In 1999 I married Angie Paulsen, and we have 3 beautiful boys, Joshua, Connor, and Cody. They are our world. In February 2001 we lost a daughter named Britney Nicole, that was probably the roughest time of our life, but I know she's in a better place. I am currently a Planning Specialist for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, assigned to an IMAT Team. I retired as a Deputy Fire Chief serving 18 years, starting my career in Charleston, SC. I am also a former firefighter with Battalion 2, serving on Ladder 1 & Engine 2 at Summerville Fire-Rescue in Summerville, SC, Battalions 1 & 2, serving on Truck 1, Engine 4, and Engine 1 at St. Andrews Fire Department in Charleston, SC, City of Goose Creek FD assigned to Engine Co. 8 Engine Co. 12, & Engine Co. 11, Mason County EMS in Mason County, WV, assigned to Squads 27, 28, & 29, Valley FD in Mason County, WV, assigned to Engine Co. 21, Engine Co. 22, and Rescue Co. 26. I am also a former Crew Boss of the West Virginia Division of Forestry's Mountain State Hotshots (Elite Wildland Fire Suppression Crew). On January 12, 2010, I responded to the calls for help after the terrible earthquake that struck Haiti causing over 750,000 casualties in Port-Au-Prince in just 18 seconds. I was assigned as Assistant Team Leader to DMAT Team 2 and was part of the second, 40-person DMAT team sent to Port-Au-Prince, Haiti just 12 days after the quake. Stationed at CDTI hospital, one of only two standing and operating hospitals in the capital. After going to work only an hour after they landed, our team as well as 20 French Paramedics, Doctors, and Nurses from Paris treated over 7,000 pa...Expand for more