Firefighting - it's a family thing

Logan grew accustomed to his father darting out the door, responding to emergency calls all hours of the day or night. That’s just the life of a volunteer fireman. You might even say he took pride in being not only the son, but a grandson and even great-grandson of a fireman. His father Chris served on the Ogden Fire Department for 24 years before retiring. Grandfather Rick joined on in October of 1968 and currently serves as Fire Chief.   Going back another generation was Dean Sturtz’s 35 years of fighting fires. The department will soon be benefitting from another Sturtz family member.

Logan may be on the green side yet, just beginning down the path, but the passion is there. 

“Growing, up, this is always what I wanted to do. Ever since I was little,” said Logan. 

Read more in the September 21 issue of The Ogden Reporter.