{"id":210,"date":"2023-03-18T16:16:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T16:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=210"},"modified":"2023-03-21T20:48:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T20:48:29","slug":"schultz-added-to-decatur-fd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/18\/schultz-added-to-decatur-fd\/","title":{"rendered":"Schultz added to Decatur FD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By BOB SHRALUKA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recent addition of Derek Schultz brings the Decatur Fire Department up to its full complement of 11 full-time firefighters and approximately 24 volunteers. The announcement was made by Chief Jeff Sheets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schultz fills the vacancy left by the recent retirement of former deputy chief Jim (Spank) Hitchcock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schultz, who previously served the county as a volunteer firefighter, said in a news release: \u201cI am excited to start this position and serve the community in a new capacity. I always wanted to become a firefighter and now that this dream is a reality, I cannot wait to get started.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/98.158.76.108\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/55B390259C6143E6B57990B1080014DF.jpg?resize=621%2C480\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/55B390259C6143E6B57990B1080014DF.jpg?w=621&amp;ssl=1 621w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/55B390259C6143E6B57990B1080014DF.jpg?resize=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Derek Schultz takes the oath of office to become the newest member of the Decatur Fire Department. Clerk-Treasurer Phyllis Whitright administers the oath while Derek&#8217;s wife, Julia, holds the Bible.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Schultz, the son of Gregg and Tami (Scheumann) Schultz, is an Army veteran and a paramedic. He and his wife, the former Julia Brewer, and daughter, Jade, are Decatur residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The department has seen three veteran firefighters retire in the last year and a half: Hitchcock, a 30-year member of the department; former chief Les Marckel, 42 years, 32 with the Decatur DPD; and Tim Bauman, 42 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brian (Bubba) Braun and Nick Patton filled the vacancies left by Bauman and Marckel, with Schultz becoming the latest addition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/98.158.76.108\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brown-Seeds-Ad-1024x601.jpg?resize=487%2C286\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-268\" width=\"487\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brown-Seeds-Ad.jpg?resize=1024%2C601&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brown-Seeds-Ad.jpg?resize=300%2C176&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brown-Seeds-Ad.jpg?resize=768%2C451&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brown-Seeds-Ad.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brown-Seeds-Ad.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Chad Baumann, a 25-year member of the department, was recently named deputy chief, replacing Hitchcock in that capacity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Decatur Fire Department is once again at its full complement with the addition of Derek Schultz, Fire Chief Jeff Sheets has announced.<\/p>\n<p>Schultz fills the vacancy left by the recent retirement of former deputy chief Jim (Spank) Hitchcock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am excited to start this position and serve the community in a new capacity,\u201d Schultz said. \u201cI always wanted to become a firefighter and now that this dream is a reality, I cannot wait to get started.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[14,15,21],"class_list":["post-210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-decatur","tag-featured","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/55B390259C6143E6B57990B1080014DF.jpg?fit=621%2C480&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}