Our Mission Statement
The primary mission of your Stoney Point Fire and Rescue department is to protect life and property.
We achieve this by striving for the highest level of professional skills and competence, and by
focusing on both individual and organizational integrity. Our united team of emergency medical and
rescue technicians, coupled with our fire protection unit are extremely responsive to the needs of
our community within our district and the surrounding areas. We carefully manage resources and stay
heavily involved within the community to promote fire prevention education. While keeping
current and future needs in mind, we implement new and innovative tactics, techniques and
procedures as we continue in our pursuit of excellence as a community service organization.
About Your SPFD Volunteers...
Your SPFD volunteer firefighters and EMS providers are people from the general public
committed to their station and community. Our membership is at an all time high with about
80 members; some with over 30 years with SPFD. They are on call twenty-four hours a day,
seven days a week and dedicate one night a week to overnight duty shift and yet another
evening for training. Some leave their businesses or places of employment during work hours
to answer an alarm. They sacrifice time with loved ones and family, postpone household
projects and other responsibilities because of their genuine concern for their neighbors and
their thirst for challenge. They might not get paid for what they do but they dedicate many
long hours to continuing education and progressive training. They are service people,
computer people, doctors, dentists, students out of high-school, paid firefighters, police
officers, nurses, homemakers, office assistants, business owners and retirees. They're your
next-door neighbor or maybe the person standing next to you in line at the checkout counter.
Most of all they are ordinary people who volunteer to do extraordinary work. Come and visit
us, join as volunteer or auxiliary, or support our fund raisers!
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Board of Directors
- President Daniel C. Brown started with the SPFD in 1966. He initially served as a volunteer firefighter and was elected to the Board of Directors in 1970 where he still actively serves today. President Brown is a retired Black & Decker employee. He and his wife Larue enjoy their grand-children now they are retired from full time work.
- Vice-President & Treasurer Alan Grupy and his wife Camile reside in the Lake Upchurch Community. Both are retired and enjoy traveling. Al has served in various positions as board member for the past 20 years.
- Secretary Angus R. Pate has been serving as board member for over 20 years. He is a retired civil service employee from Fort Bragg and is currently employed as a courier for a local medical company. Mr. Pate and his wife who recently retired as a Cumberland County School teacher enjoy their children and grand-children. Their youngest son David also serves a professional Firefighter.
- Director Jerry Hall is a long time member with over 12 years on the board. He is self employed and owns and operates a tree cutting service. Jerry is married and has three children.
- Director Lynwood Griffin is currently in his 12th year as board member serving in one of the two Lake Upchurch Community slots.
- Director Joel Siles has been serving on the SPFD board of directors for 8 years. He is a Sergeant with the North Carolina Highway Patrol, married with teenage children.
- Director Terry L. Isaacs joined the board in 2004. He is a retired North Carolina Highway Patrol Captain and is currently working as a License & Theft Investigator with the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office.
Operations Division
Chief Officers
Fire & EMS Officers
- Captain Don Stoudt Jr. is almost part of the furniture at Stoney Point.
He joined the team in 1977 and is one of our veterans. His motivation for joining
the station back then was to help the community. Little did he know he would become life-time
Mr. Fix-It!
Although it seems he's been at Station 13 forever, he is also a firefighter for
the City of Fayetteville.
Don is one of the full time staff employed at our county station and serves as maintenance officer. He also acts as our station Chaplain when called upon. His qualifications include:- NC State FF Level II
- NC EMT (Basic)
- NC Driver/Operator
- NC Hazardous Materials Operations Level II
- Captain Joe Belcher Jr. joined the department as volunteer in early 1992
following his return from a military training mission in Arizona. Capt. Joe had several encounters
with SPFD members before someone talked him into joining. He first was infected with
the "fever" which later grew into passion when he provided first aid to a motorcycle victim
near his house before SPFD arrived on scene. Later, after chatting with paintball adversaries
who were Stoney Point members, he was talked into "checking it out".
And so he succumbed to temptation and joined...
Joe is the "B Shift" Captain and also crew leader every Monday night. He is also responsible for development and conduct of entry level training for new department members primarily managing the SCBA training program for the entire station as well. His qualifications include:- NC State FF Level II
- NC EMT (Basic)
- NC Driver/Operator
- Hazardous Materials Operations Level II
- NC Emergency Rescue Technician & Rescue Diver
- Captain Chad Autry joined Stoney Point as a Jr. firefighter in 1993.
Other than six months at Cumberland Road fire station, his alliegeance to SPFD and the service is
unquestionable. His passion for firefighting surfaced early in his childhood while he played
make believe fireman. Chad is very proud to have grown up in this environment and claims it
kept him out of trouble and taught him many valuable skills.
Chad is currently the training officer for the station and loves it. He is also crew leader on the Thursday night crew. His qualifications include:- NC State FF Level II
- NC Hazardous Materials Operations Level II
- NC Driver/Operator
- Captain Kevin Murphy's distinguished and dedicated volunteer firefighter
career began with Saddle River Valley Rescue Squad in 1970 where he remained for six years.
He then spent three years at the Allendale Junior Fire Department in NJ. From 1979 to 1984
he taught collapse rescue as an instructor for the Bergen County Vocational School as part
of their Rescue Program. He returned to Allendale Junior Fire Department until he moved to
NC and joined SPFD in 1996.
Kevin is currently crew leader on the Tuesday night crew and makes great contributions to the station training program. His qualifications include:- NFA Operational Risk Analysis
- NFA Volunteer Fire Service Management
- NFA Fire Incident Management
- NFA Incident Safety Officer
- NC Fire Instructor Level II
- NC State FF Level II
- NC EMT (Basic)
- NC Driver/Operator
- NC Hazardous Materials Operations Level II
- Captain Tommy Rhodes began his firefighting service in a small Texas
town as a junior firefighter when he was 15. He was bitten by the bug so well that he
dedicated his entire adult life to volunteer services. His time with Cumberland County
Emergency Services started in 1989 spending 10 years with the Lafayette Village
Fire Department. Then the army sent him to Germany for three years. He resumed in his position
with LVFD until the station became part of the city annexation process in 2004.
He's been with SPFD ever since.
Tommy is our volunteer Sunday night crew leader. His qualifications include:- DOD & NC Fire Instructor Level II
- NC State FF Level II
- NC EMT (Basic)
- NC Driver/Operator
- Hazardous Materials Operations Level II
- NC Emergency Rescue Technician
- NC Surface Water Rescue Technician
- Lieutenant Dan Manley has been passionate about firefighting for as long
as we can all remember. He joined Stoney Point in 1994 at age 19 to help him along in his
pursuit of a Bachelor's degree in Fire Science. Lt. Dan is a very dedicated community
servant not only as volunteer firefighter. After nive years of serving his country, he
became a full fledge City of Fayetteville police officer where he is also member of the
Fayetteville PD dive team. He is assigned to the NC Regional HazMat Response team and
also volunteers as member of the Combined Structural Collapse Search and Rescue team.
Dan has certainly come a long way in a short while since he joined and is shift Lt on Wednesday nights when his schedule allows it. His qualifications now include:- NC Fire Instructor Level II
- NC HazMat Instructor - Operations & Awareness
- NC HazMat Technician
- NC Emergency Rescue Technician & Rescue Diver
- NC Emergency Structural Collapse Rescue
- NC Emergency Confined Space and Trench Rescue
- NC Driver/Operator
- NC State FF Level II
- Lieutenant Richard Silver had a brother serving as district chief in the
Tampa Bay area who coached him into volunteering. So in 1997, he thought he'd test his
"firefigther legs" to see if he'd like it. Nine years later, he's still at it. Either he's a
slow decision maker or he just fell in love with the service. Richard is one of the few
lucky ones who got to deliver a baby as an EMT-B one day. If you ask him about it, you will
see just how excited he is about serving his community.
Richard helps out with training and volunteers as shift Lt every Tuesday night. His qualifications include:- NC State FF Level II
- NC EMT (Basic)
- NC Driver/Operator
- Hazardous Materials Operations Level II
- Lieutenant Julie Slusser believes the community would be a much better
place to live in if only everyone did their small share. She decided to do something about it
and began making her contribution in 1999 as a member of SPFD. Her drive is rooted in EMS.
She is a big fan of helping others and never misses an opportunity to cook dinner for her
crew.
Julie is responsible for all EMS related items at Station 13 ensuring everyone keeps up with continuing education and that we all keep proficient with our critical CPR skills. She also ensures everyone is properly innoculated and healthy so to perform firefighter functions. She volunteers as shift Lt on Thursday night. Her qualifications include:- NC EMT - Paramedic
- NC BLS Instructor
- NC ACLS, PALS, BTLS and PHTLS certified
- Hazardous Materials Operations Level II
- Lieutenant Mike Applegate can't stand to be idle for very long so when
nights became boring during his years as a young soldier, he decided to enroll
at FTCC to be productive and became EMT certified in 2000. To maintain his proficiency
he then joined Stoney Point primarily as EMT which quickly grew to firefighting. He must have
found a passion in all of this because he pushed his EMT skills to the limit and now serves
the US Army, Sunny Point Fire and Rescue in Southport NC as well as Brunswick County EMS
as part-time paramedic. Like we said... The man can't stand still...
Mike helps out with rescue and EMS training and volunteers as shift Lt on Monday nights. His qualifications include:- NC Fire Instructor Level III
- NC HazMat Incident Commander
- NC HazMat Technician
- NC Emergency Rescue Technician
- NC & National Registry EMT - Paramedic
- NC Critical Care Emergency Medical Transport Paramedic (CCEMTP)
- NC EMS Instructor Level I
- NC ACLS, PALS, BLS and PHTLS instructor
- NC DRI Dive Rescue Level I
- NC Emergency Structural Collapse Rescue
- NC Emergency Confined Space and Trench Rescue
- NC Surface Water Rescue Technician
- NC Driver/Operator - Arial
- NC State FF Level II
- Lieutenant Wendell Lee decided to do something for his community in 1995
and so he joined the Hope Mills Fire Department as a volunteer. In 2002 he made a strategic
move to Station 13 and is now one of its most dedicated members.
He is one of the many part-time staff at SPFD and his entire family is always heavily
involved with all the social activities. He has two Jr. firefighters in the making as his
sons are just as exited with the service as he is.
In addtion to being part-time firefighter, Wendell volunteers as shift Lt every Wednesday night and he makes sure his team never goes hungry! His qualifications include:- NC State FF Level II
- NC EMT (Basic)
- NC Driver/Operator
- Hazardous Materials Operations Level II
- Lieutenant Marshall Clary had always had an interest in the fire
service for as long as he can remember. He finally decided to try it on for fit and
committed to helping out his community in January of 2002. It must
have been a New Year's resolution or something... As the resident Fed-Ex man, he brings an
uncanny detailed knowledge of the local area street system.
Marshall is assistant training officer these days and volunteers as Thursday night shift Lt. His qualifications include:- NC State FF Level II
- NC EMT (Basic)
- NC Driver/Operator
- NC Emergency Rescue Technician
- Lieutenant Sean Austin, wished there had been a volunteer fire department
up in Michigan where he used to live but he had no such luck. So after moving to Fayetteville
he joined the Lake Rim FD in 2002. As with many who would be subjected to the city annexation
in 2004, then fire fighter Austin moved in with us at SPFD where he quickly earned respect
and trust and was soon hired on as full-time staff.
Sean's the "gear man" at the station. If you need something he'll take care of you. And even after 5 days of daily working, he still volunteers as shift Lt every other Monday nights. His qualifications include:- NC State FF Level II
- NC & National Registry EMT (Basic)
- Hazardous Materials Operations Level II
- NC Arson Fire Detection
- NC Rescue Technician
- NC Surface Water Rescue Technician
- NC MICTO
- Lieutenant Chris Carlson, like many young male teenagers, was very passionate
about fire trucks. He was only 14 years old when he joined Glade Volunteer Fire Department
in Warran, PA in 1987 and found out how he loved the trade. When the army eventually moved
him to Fort Bragg, Lt Carlson joined the Lafayette Village Fire Department where he too served
until the station became part of the city annexation process. In 2004 he joined Stoney Point
team.
Chris helps out with training and volunteers as shift Lt every Sunday night. His qualifications include:- NC State FF Level II
- NC EMT (Basic)
- NC Driver/Operator
- Hazardous Materials Operations Level II
- Lieutenant Tom Price originally joined the Fire Service in 1988 in
Glen Rock, New Jersey. There must have been something in the water during those years as we
seem to have a few members out of NJ. Like many of our military members, Tom was stationned
to Fort Bragg in 2005 and couldn't stay away from life at the station so he joined Stoney Point.
Tom is volunteer as crew Lt on Monday shift. His qualifications include:- NC State FF Level II
- NC Driver/Operator
- NJ Advanced Truck Operations
- NJ Advanced Vehicle Rescue
- Hazardous Materials Operations Level II
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