Jason Patton, an Olympic weightlifter in the past, is now firefighter and the admin owner of social media "Fire Department Chronicles".
A Riviera Beach firefighter is always ready to save a life on a moment’s notice and he can also make you laugh. Jason Patton is the man behind Fire Department Chronicles, where he shares hilarious videos to help life the spirits of firefighters worldwide.
Besides making them laugh, he encourages his viewers to donate to his organization, Fire Department Coffee Foundation. He is the Vice President of the non-profit and takes pride in giving back and raising money for charities.
“Fire Department Chronicles, myself and Fire Department Coffee has donated just over $10,000 to local fire departments, firefighters with cancer. We gave a scholarship, HCI, to a kid in Riviera Beach. We sent him to EMT school for free,” Patton said. “I’ve always said that in any business, or in anyone’s life, the foundation of your life should be built on helping others.”
His latest charitable opportunity is not an easy task.
Patton is preparing to climb 110 flights of stairs for the San Antonio 9/11 Memorial Climb.
“It’s in memory of the 343 firefighters that passed away on 9/11,” he said at Tiara Condominiums on Singer Island, where he trains. “It’s our way of showing tribute to them.”
Participants are encouraged to wear their firefighter gear as they climb 110 flights of stairs to pay tribute to the hundreds of emergency responders who were killed in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
But Patton decided to take it a step further by adding an additional 10 pounds of gear for every $500 he raises.
“I’ll be climbing a nice 110 pounds of gear,” he said.
That means Patton will be going to the top weighing at about 350 pounds, since the average weight of a firefighter in gear is 255 pounds.
All the money he will raise for this event will go towards the Tommy Cullen Foundation, an organization that support families of firefighters battling cancer.
“It’s humbling to even have the opportunity to do this,” Patton said.
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