Nicholas Southerland

Nicholas (Nic) Southerland is a 22-year member of the fire service. He is a lieutenant with the Westfield, IN, Fire Department. Southerland served as a firefighter in the U.S. Army and Indiana Army National Guard, where he held positions from station chief to fire inspector and eventually retired as fire chief. As an Army firefighter, he served in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. Southerland earned a Bachelor of Applied Science in fire service administration from Waldorf University and graduated from Primary, Advanced and Senior Army Leadership schools.