Scituate Firefighter-paramedic Tom Seery. GREG DERR photo/The Patriot Ledger

TO THE RESCUE

Tom Seery

Firefighter-paramedic, Scituate

“No call is ever the same. It’s the best job in the world.”
“It’s important to be open-minded, level-headed and never feel that you’ve seen it all or done it all, because you haven’t.”
“The majority of the time you see sickness and death, so it’s always a pleasure if you deliver a baby, although I always say I assisted in the delivery, because I didn’t do the work, the woman did.”

THE SKINNY
RANK: Firefighter-paramedic
AGE: 37
HIRED IN SCITUATE: February 2001
BIO: Tom Seery grew up in Needham and graduated from Needham High School in 1987. He received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Saint Anselm College in 1992. He got his EMT certification in 1995 and paramedic certification in 1999. Seery lives in Carver with his wife of seven years and three boys, ages 1, 3 and 15.
What did you want to be when you were a kid? “When I was a little kid I’d play with fire trucks and look up to the firemen. When I got out of college, a big interest of mine was a lot of hiking and mountain climbing. I took an EMT course and really fell in love with it.”
What would you have been if not a firefighter: “I don’t know. It wouldn’t be an office job, I know that.”
Best advice you ever got: Never stop learning.
Person who gave it to you: A professor in college.
What do you do in your time off? Spend time with the family. Play with the animals – four dogs, three cats and a horse.

September 21, 2007