It's something Geers hopes to continue to do as chief. Educating the public, especially the kids, is important. I can't put a dollar figure on one second of pain for a child. I can't do it. It really has.
People are more aware now.
We try to protect people and property, and fire prevention is a way to do it. One of the things he hopes to do as chief, Geers said, is to have more fire prevention classes in places like schools, hospitals, and nursing homes. Geers and his wife, Pam, have been married for 20 years. They have two children, a son, Dustin, and a daughter, Heather. In August 1974, he began his career with the Oswego Fire Department as an ambulance attendant.