There are two types of people. Those who run away from a dangerous situation and those who run toward it. Todd Abercrombie falls in the latter category. Now after 25 years of foregoing his own safety to come to the need of others, the Jonesboro native has climbed the ladder of the Ruston Fire Department to be named District Chief.

The announcement was made on April 20th.

After graduating from Jonesboro-Hodge High School in 1982, Abercrombie went to work at Stone Container in Hodge, staying in the paper industry for 16 years. Then the life long desire to serve others in the capacity of a firefighter got to strong to ignore leading to him starting a career as a firefighter for the Ruston Fire Department in 1998. A few years later, Abercrombie was promoted to driver before being named as a Captain in 2013. 

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