Madison Fire & Rescue promotes Chris Joye, a 10-year veteran of the department

MADISON – Chris Joye enjoys the challenges and technical aspects of his job. He recently was promoted in Madison Fire and Rescue Department.

Joye recently was promoted to the position of Driver with the department. “I have been moved to Station One. Currently, I work between Ladder One and the heavy rescue truck,” he said.

He has worked for the Madison Fire Department for 10 years. “Prior to this promotion, I have spent most of my career at Station 2. I was assigned to Squad 2 as the Firefighter Paramedic,” Joye said.

“My father was a volunteer firefighter and a paramedic for HEMSI (Huntsville Emergency Medical Services Inc.) when I was young,” Joye said. “However, my intent in high school and immediately after high school was to pursue a degree in engineering.”

“My true interest in making (firefighting) a career grewthroughmytime as a volunteer firefighter and EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) responding to emergencies in the community I grew up in,” Joye said.

“Prior to — and to this day — I have been a member of Monrovia Volunteer Fire Department. I started there at age 17 when I was a junior in high school,” Joye said. “I have been fortunate to hold many positions there, including Firefighter, Driver, Lieutenant and Captain over the course of 15 years.”

Currently, Joye continues to serve as a Firefighter and a Driver for Monrovia’s volunteer force. His major role now is to work in training and education.

“Working for the City of Madison has allowed me the opportunity to be a member of Alabama Task Force 3. With this membership, I have the opportunity to pursue my education in several different scopes of technical rescue,” Joye said.

“Being a member of ATF3 has also allowed me the opportunity in the most recent year to deploy with other departments across North Alabama to natural disasters,” he said.

“The least enjoyable part about this career is the documentation,” Joye said. “Though we all know the importance for both legality purposes and for data purposes, on some days working with documentation can certainly be repetitive or monotonous.”

His wife, Taylor Joye, works as a Support Engineer for Hexagon. “I have two children — a daughter, Bristol, who is four years old, and a son, Chandler, who is one year old,” Chris said.