Following in his grandfather's footsteps, Riley Heasley is a volunteer firefighter. and was named firefighter of the year for Pea Ridge Fire Department this past year.
Heasley, 19, and Ben Osowiecki, 22, are two of the newest volunteers on the Pea Ridge Fire Department which is 100% volunteer. "My grandfather was a fire captain in Lynn, Ark.," Heasley said. "He was there for 10 years. It was a volunteer department. He's taught me quite a bit."
Interestingly, one point his grandfather emphasized was to always carry a radio. "He drilled me on that."
Heasley, from Little Flock, is a home-school graduate, and said he worked at at a Scout camp on the medical staff and liked it so stopped by the Pea Ridge Fire Department station to ask about joining the department.