Cherokee County Fire And Emergency Services: Sgt. McEntyre Retires From Fire Department

Press release from the Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services:

August 12, 2021

Sgt. Steven McEntyre, a firefighter with Cherokee County Fire & Emergency Services, was recognized Tuesday at a retirement ceremony held in his honor at Fire Station #9 in North Canton. Fire Chief, Tim Prather, thanked McEntyre for his 20 years of service to the citizens of Cherokee County and presented him with a “bugle” award. The bugle or speaking trumpet is a reference to a megaphone like device that was used in the early days of the fire service. McEntyre came to work with the fire department on May 14th, 2001, and was promoted to the rank of Sergeant on August 3rd, 2003. McEntyre was promoted to Back-up Medcon on April 15th, 2013 and on March 24th, 2019, he was promoted to Medcon. McEntyre’s official retirement date was August 2nd. Sgt. McEntyre lives in Waleska with his wife, Karri, and their two children, Whitney, who is an ER nurse at Northside Hospital and Connor, who is a freshman at Reinhardt University. We wish Steven many happy years of retirement! 

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