Benny Fulkerson seizes every opportunity to spread the gospel of fire safety.
The city council recognized Fulkerson, a third-generation firefighter, as the 2016 South Oklahoma City Kiwanis Club Firefighter of the Year earlier this month at city hall. As spokesman for a department that values prevention, where "the best fire is the one that never happens," he is expanding the department's social media following with action videos, cautionary tales, and even poetry. The Firefighter of the Year resolution cites his "extensive … accurate and beneficial" work maintaining and growing the OKCFD's Twitter and Facebook accounts.