Sirens for Service: Friendship Hose Company EMT reflects on delivery of baby

Andrew Mellott has served as an EMT with Friendship Hose Company in Newville for about eight months and has been a volunteer firefighter since he was 14 years old.

It's no secret that the job of a first responder is anything but easy.

Taking calls can mean long hours, time away from family and PTSD. But every day hundreds of men and women in Cumberland County answer those calls.

Every week, The Sentinel's Sirens for Service feature will aim to show the faces of these people and share their stories.

The series focuses on why they became a first responder and highlights a specific call from their service that influenced them and reminds them of why they do what they do.

Andrew Mellott has served as an EMT with Friendship Hose Company in Newville for about eight months and has been a volunteer firefighter since he was 14 years old.

Agency: Friendship Hose Company

Title: EMT

Time with Company: 8 months, firefighter since age 14

A: What made me decide to become a first responder is I’ve actually been a volunteer firefighter since the age of 14. I thought it was cool what they do and I just wanted to get more interested and learn, but finally I decided to go get my EMT and I enjoy just being there for people in their time of need

A: A call that influenced me was I actually delivered a baby here about two months ago in the home which was really cool. A lot of calls aren't the best for some people, but every once in a while you get to have that one call where it really influences you and makes you feel good about what you do.

Maddie Seiler is a news reporter for The Sentinel and cumberlink.com covering Carlisle and Newville. You can contact her at [email protected] and follow her on Twitter at: @SeilerMadalyn

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Maddie Seiler is a news reporter for The Sentinel covering Carlisle, Newville and education news.

Andrew Mellott has served as an EMT with Friendship Hose Company in Newville for about eight months and has been a volunteer firefighter since…