EDITOR’S NOTE:The following is the fourth in a series of profiles that manninglive.com will be posting each Saturday to highlight our first responders and dispatchers who keep Clarendon County a safe place to live. After each Saturday posting, the piece will appear in the following Thursday’s Manning Times.
Jeremy Evans became a first responder in August 2000. Today, he serves as a paramedic and assistant supervisor with McLeod Health Clarendon County EMS. He is a 2000 graduate of Laurence Manning Academy.
WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO BE A FIRST RESPONDER?
I was exposed to it from a young age My father was a police officer with the city of Manning for 11 years, and my aunt was a paramedic supervisor with Clarendon EMS for many years.
WHAT IS THE MOST CHALLENGING THING ABOUT BEING A FIRST RESPONDER?
It is difficult responding to cals in the county you grew up in and having to take care of people you have known your whole life. This also can be very rewarding when the outcome is a good one.
DESCRIBE A MEMORABLE MOMENT DURING YOUR SERVICE?
There have been many, but one of the "firsts" would be the first time we delivered a baby in the field. We had to stop on the side of Silver Road and deliver the baby. The father was able to cut the cord. Mom and baby were transported to Labor and Delivery with a good outcome. My training has also allowed me to travel overseas to the country of Moldova for the past five years to do medical missions. This would not have been possible without the training and experience I have gained from working here.
PLEASE TELL US ABOUT YOUR FAMILY.
My wife is Carole. We have been married for 17 years. She operates Manning Farm and Garden, which has been in her family for many years. My son, Taylor, is 17 and a senior in high school. My daughter is 14 and a freshman. Both go to Laurence Manning Academy.
