Dallas Memorial Stair Climb
May 17, 2017
John Barrett
Dallas Memorial Stair Climb

John Barrett began his fire service career twenty-five years ago as an explorer with the Denver (CO) Fire Department. He is a fifteen year veteran of the fire service and currently serves as a Lieutenant on Engine Company 8 and chairs the Occupational Health and Safety Committee with the Plano (TX) Fire Department.  John also serves as a volunteer firefighter and lead instructor with the Winnsboro (TX) Fire Department. John began an effort to preserve lessons learned information from fire service line-of-duty deaths in 2008, founded the annual Dallas 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb in 2011 and co-founded the Association of Memorial Stair Climbs in 2014. John is also the creator of Fire Service MENTOR, a Facebook page and website that strives to identify the essence and encourage the delivery of mentoring in the fire service. He can be reached at johnb@plano.gov.