Stephen B. Hebb

Steve Hebb didn't become interested in EMS until his junior year of high school - and he hasn't looked back since. Steve is one of CMED's two most senior dispatchers, having joined Northwest CT Public Safety in 1988. His interest in EMS started when he was assigned to perform 15 hours of community service for a class at Sacred Heart High School, in 1987. To fulfill the obligation, Steve worked three five-hour shifts at Naugatuck Volunteer Ambulance, at the urging of a friend. That was all it took to become permanently hooked. Steve joined NVAC and took his EMT class during his senior year, while earning academic honors and participating in athletics such as basketball and track and field. Steve was hired as a CMED dispatcher in May, of 1988, and worked a lot of summer fill-in and part time hours, as Northwest expanded and its call volume grew. He then continued to dispatch part-time while attending UConn, where he helped in the communications center of the UConn Fire Department, at the Storrs campus. In 1989, he went to work for Danbury Ambulance Service, and in 1990, he received his Firefighter 1 and 2 certificates and joined the Naugatuck Volunteer Fire Department. He also received his EMT-Intermediate certificate while working at Danbury Ambulance. The next year, Steve began part time dispatching at the Naugatuck Police Department; and in 1992, Steve found himself back at UConn, this time at the Farmington campus, where he took the Paramedic class. He later joined MedStar Ambulance, now known as AMR, as a medic, a job that he continues part time today. Steve's experience with the Naugatuck Volunteer Fire Department helped him land two career fire positions; first in East Haven and then in Naugatuck, where he was sworn in August 17th, 1997. It was always his dream to become a paid firefighter in his hometown, and he holds the rank of Firefighter and Assistant Mechanic, assigned to Truck 1 and the Rescue Truck. Currently, Steve owns his own home, in the Borough, and can be found dispatching at CMED whenever a shift is available and his fire schedule permits. In his off time, he plays golf and softball on a Waterbury team called, “The Flat-liners,” made up mostly of medics and EMTs. Then there are the hats. Steve has an ever increasing collection of baseball caps from around the globe, the collection now numbering over 300!