Fort Payne Fire Department Honors Training Officer Scot Westbrook as He Transitions to New Role at NACC

The Fort Payne Fire Department is bidding a fond farewell to longtime Training Officer Scot Westbrook as he begins a new chapter in his career as a faculty instructor at Northeast Alabama Community College.

Westbrook, who has served with the department for 21 years, has been the driving force behind the Fort Payne Fire Department Regional Training Center since 2014. Over the past decade, he has led 19 Firefighter Recruit Academies, training a total of 287 new recruits.

His teaching reach has extended far beyond DeKalb County. Firefighters from across the United States — as well as from countries including Japan, Germany, Greece, Italy, Belgium, Saudi Arabia, Cuba, Iraq, Kuwait, Crete,

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