With paramedic training already an area of expertise, Sean Putman, the first recruit of Japanese heritage to join the department, thought being a firefighter sounded interesting. After all, Akron firefighters, who receive emergency medical technician training, respond to far more medical calls than fire-related events.
Author Archives: Steven Savides
Steven Savides is a freelance journalist in Akron whose journalism career started in South Africa where he wrote for The Pretoria News and was business editor at The Eastern Province Herald. He has also worked for The Christian Science Monitor in Boston. Steven also taught journalism at Principia College in Elsah, Illinois, and advised the student newspaper there.
