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Serving Those Who Serve

For nearly 30 years, the fire service has been more than a career for Jay and Monica Teague—it has been a way of life.

Together, they have experienced the sacrifices, challenges, victories, losses, friendships, and unforgettable moments that come with serving as firefighters. They understand the firehouse, the alarm in the middle of the night, the long shifts away from home, the calls that never leave you, and the unique bond that exists between those who are willing to run toward danger when everyone else is running away.

But through all of those years, God has been preparing their hearts for something beyond the fire service itself.

Jay has spent three decades in the professional fire service, working his way through virtually every level of the profession—from a rookie firefighter to Fire Chief.

Throughout his career, he has served on technical rescue teams, worked as a HazMat Technician, and responded to complex and high-risk incidents. He has commanded major incidents including mass-casualty events, commercial structure fires, and large wildland fires.

Jay has also spent years investing in the next generation of firefighters and fire officers. He has taught college-level executive fire officer courses as well as basic firefighter academy classes, helping prepare others to lead, serve, and protect their communities.

After retiring from Federal Fire Protection, Jay went on to serve as Fire Chief of a fire protection district in Central Colorado and now serves as Fire Chief for the City of Kenai, Alaska.

Through three decades of service, Jay has learned that leadership in the fire service is about far more than tactics, equipment, and command. It is about people, sacrifice and responsibility. And ultimately, it is about understanding why we were given the opportunity to serve in the first place.

Monica's journey in the fire service began at the bottom, as a rookie firefighter in Colorado.

Through hard work, determination, training, and grit, she worked her way through the ranks to become a Fire Captain.

She has fought large wildland fires, worked structure fires, and led crews in some of the challenging environments the fire service has to offer.

Monica knows firsthand what it means to be a woman in the fire service, to earn the trust of a crew, to lead firefighters into difficult situations, and to carry the responsibilities that come with being a firefighter, officer, wife, and mother.

Her perspective is shaped not only by her years on the fireground, but by nearly three decades of walking alongside her husband through the realities of the fire service.

Jay and Monica have been married for almost 30 years.

Their marriage has endured the unique pressures of a profession that doesn't always make room for normal family life—long shifts, missed holidays, sleepless nights, difficult calls, injuries, stress, transfers, promotions, retirement, and all of the uncertainty that comes with a career built around emergencies.

They have experienced the fire service not just as firefighters, but as a family.

And through it all, God has continued to draw them closer to Him and give them a deeper understanding of the men and women who serve in the fire service—and the families who stand behind them.

For years, Jay and Monica devoted their lives to helping people in their communities.

They responded to emergencies.

They pulled people from burning buildings.

They treated the injured.

They fought fires.

They rescued people from dangerous situations.

They led crews.

They trained firefighters.

They protected communities.

But over time, God began placing something different on their hearts.

They began to recognize that there is another kind of rescue that matters even more.

The rescue of the soul.

The fire service has given them an extraordinary opportunity to serve others, but they believe God is now calling them to devote the rest of their lives to serving those who serve.

That is the heart behind Firefighter Faith.

We believe firefighters are uniquely positioned to understand some of the deepest truths of the Christian faith.

Firefighters understand sacrifice.

They understand courage.

They understand service.

They understand brotherhood.

They understand what it means to run toward danger to help someone who cannot help themselves.

And they understand what it means to carry burdens that most people will never see.

But firefighters are also human beings.

Behind the badge are men and women who struggle with fear, pride, anger, marriage, family, addiction, grief, trauma, identity, failure, and questions about God.

Too often, firefighters become experts at caring for everyone else while neglecting their own souls.

We want to change that.

Firefighter Faith exists to encourage, challenge, and walk alongside firefighters and their families as they explore what it means to follow Christ in the fire service and in everyday life.

Our desire isn't simply to put Christian words on the fire service.

It is to help firefighters discover that Jesus Christ belongs in every part of their lives—including the firehouse.

We have spent much of our lives answering the call to save people physically.

Now, God has placed a different burden on our hearts:

to help firefighters consider the eternal.

We believe the greatest tragedy would be for someone to spend a lifetime willing to risk everything to save someone else, only to reach the end of that life without knowing the One who gave them that servant's heart in the first place.

So this is our calling.