Living A Legacy From Rookie To Leader

I, first, began my passion of telling stories of those in the fire service as a young man. A big portion of my experience came from riding with, living with, and working with the men and women of the Memphis Fire Department. There was a particular group of young men and women who began work in the late 1980s/early 1990s who experienced the birth of a new era of firefighting. From that group, many new and effective leaders were born who serve our communities today. It has been an honor to know so many of them throughout the years.

One of those individuals was a skinny kid who would have you laughing almost as soon as you met him. His name was Ronnie Beasley but most of us referred to him as “Bease”. Some of my favorite memories are of being around Bease and his “band of brothers” on a rig known as “Rescue One” in Memphis or of watching him develop new safety techniques for the fire department as a young lieutenant in the fire training center in Memphis. You see, even as a rookie, Bease had a burning passion for the art of the fire service. Despite his contagious smile and laugh, (which he maintains today), he took his job very seriously and I witnessed the growth of the young Ronnie Beasley into a leader of leaders. Now, Chief Ronnie Beasley is on his second fire career as the Chief for the Laverne Fire Rescue in Laverne, Tennessee just south of Nashville, Tennessee.

-Tom Mann
Executive Producer/Host

Storylines guests include:
Chief Ronnie Beasley, La Vergne Fire-Rescue

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