Member Spotlight: Jeff Jadwin
Jeff Jadwin
COTS SE/SEC Coalition Operations Steering Committee Vice Chair
Muskingum County EMA
September 2024
Where were you born and/raised? I was born and raised in Zanesville. I spent 5 years in Lancaster Pennsylvania when my dad was transferred there for his job, and we then returned to Zanesville.
What was your first job? My first job was at a local tire shop.
You have two weeks off and a plane ticket to go anywhere, Where would you go? I would travel to Fort Myers Florida to spend time with my sister and her family that live there.
What would you like your fellow COTS partners to know about you? I have spent the last 44 years being involved in EMS/Fire/EMA serving my community. I am blessed to be a 13 year post open-heart surgery survivor. Thanks to Dr. Greg Keagey, and the staff at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital, I survive the widow maker.
What made you decide to be a physician/nurse/EMT/emergency manager (whatever your chosen career path)? My desire to help people.
What hobbies do you participate in your free time? Golf and woodworking
What is your favorite thing to do in the Winter season? I enjoy shoveling snow for my neighbors, who are most elderly and handicapped
If you won the Powerball, what’s the first thing you would do? Take my family on the vacation to the location of their choice.
To quote my wife, “ He will never retire because he loves working”!