For more than 38 years, Terry Martin has been serving the citizens of Hendersonville with perseverance, dedication and pride.
Terry Martin grew up in East Flat Rock attending Flat Rock Elementary and Junior High and graduating from East Henderson High School. After graduation, he joined the Army National Guard and entered the workforce. Although you wouldn’t know it now, Terry says he never had aspirations of fighting fire.
“I never considered being a firefighter,” says Terry. “I would see the Blue Ridge trucks come thru when I was a kid, but I never even thought about it.”
Terry started working with the City of Hendersonville Public Works Department in 1981. His duties included sanitation, parks maintenance, street improvements and a variety of other jobs. Although he didn’t know it, Terry was to be recruited by the fire department in 1985.