First Responder Friday honors Brad Judah of JFRD

This week’s first responder is Brad Judah of the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.

Brad was nominated by his friend Nick who says Brad was born to be a firefighter, coming from a long line of family members in public service. Nick says Judah is a very “God, family, friends” type of man, and if he calls you a friend, he considers you family. Battalion Chief Gary Kuehner echoes that statement saying, “He’s just a really good guy, takes on leadership roles, mentors the younger firefighters. A good family man, good Christian man, just an overall good guy.”

Judah is an engineer for JFRD and has been with the department for almost 6 years. Chief Kuehner says one of Brad’s first days was rescuing the workers who were stranded on the BB&T building.

Around the station, Chief Kuehner says Judah is a pleasure to be around. “He’s a natural leader around the station, that’s independent of his rank. He just wants to learn and wants to teach and wants to be a part of the job in all of the positive ways,” says Chief Kuehner.

If you’d like to nominate a first responder who deserves recognition, police, firefighters, doctors, nurses, or EMTs, head over to our First Responder Friday page.