First Responders: Shane and Michelle Floyd
September 11th brings a rush of emotions to every American who can remember exactly where they were on that fateful morning. Like everyone else, our first thoughts about this solemn day are for those who lost their life. Because of our love for this community, our second thought is to celebrate our first responders.
Shane Floyd is systems and network administrator here at North Sunflower Medical Center. AND, he is also the assistant fire chief for the LSR Volunteer Fire Department located here in Sunflower County. As a certified volunteer firefighter, he is also a medical first responder/EMT and a member of the Sunflower County search and rescue group.
Family of First Responders
Shane’s wife, Michelle Floyd, also works at North Sunflower Medical Center in outpatient services. After going on so many emergency calls with Shane, Michelle decided to become a certified first responder just over 5 years ago.
“When the tones go, if we have coverage at the hospital, we both go,” Shane told us. “You don’t see a lot of women who climb out of the rig on an emergency call, but she is 5’3”. With her size, she can climb into a wreck to stabilize the patient.”
Shane has been working in volunteer fire departments for over 20 years — since not long after he got out of high school. When he wanted to move back to Ruleville, he got to talking with our CEO, Sam Miller. “Sam is a former firefighter and paramedic, so he is incredibly supportive of what we do.”
With just over 30 first responders covering the 72 mile stretch of Sunflower County, Shane says it can feel like 10 jobs. But only one job pays their bills – their jobs at North Sunflower. We are deeply grateful to have Michelle and Shane working so hard to keep our community safe. And we are prouder still they have chosen to be part of the NSMC family.
Ruleville PD LipSync Challenge Video
This is a bit on the lighter side, but have you seen our First Responder Lip Sync video? We love it!
The video has been viewed over 120,000 times on Facebook and another 2,300 on Youtube. Not bad for a town with 3,200 residents. We are so proud of our police, firefighters, paramedics and all of our first responders who keep Ruleville safe.