Jack Carter, Jr.
Retired and Firefighter in Illinois
Born: November 26, 1955
Roselawn Grade School: 1961-1967
American Legion Little League: Team- American Legion 1963-1969
Northridge Middle School: 1967-1970
American Legion Pony League: Team- ESCO
Danville High School: 1970-1973
- Baseball: 1970-1971,1973
- Chorus: 1970-1973
American Legion Post 210: 1972-1974
Oklahoma State University: Fire Science major, 1973-74
Champaign Fire Department: 34 years
Jan. 2, 1978 - March 22, 2012
Member: Local 1260
Illinois Fire Service Institute Certificates:
- Smoke Diver's school of advanced firefighting
- Instructor
- Hazardous Materials
- Fire Officer
- Public Fire Education
- Tactics and Strategy
- Management
- Vertical Rescue
- Arson Investigation
- Pump Operations
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT-D)
Geobase Team Manager - METCAD 911
Fire Station location team
City of Champaign Engineering Dept. liaison on new streets, street names and maps.
Illinois Commercial Driver's License (CDL).
2003: Dual shoulder injury
2005: MABUS Illinois contingent to New Orleans for the Hurricane Katrina tragedy.
2007: Firefighter of the Year.
2011: surgery, left shoulder
3-22-2012 Disability retirement.
December of 2012: sponsored USAC Champion, Jessica Bean from Farmland, Indiana.
July 2013, teamed up with Brian Keselowski and driver Morgan Shepherd to put the Prescott Firefighters Memorial decal on the hood for Sprint Cup race, New Hampshire.
August 2013: teamed up with Cassie Gannis Racing to again recognize the charities of the Prescott families, this time along with The Wildland Firefighters Foundation at Las Vegas Motor Speedway 'Bullring'.
September 2013: Sponsor, USAC Champion Jessica Bean to race at Mid-Ohio Sports Course in Skip Barber Summer Series formula race. She finished 6th.
October 2013: Shannon McIntosh's Driving for Dreamer's campaign ARCA race car with Cunningham Motorsports.
2015: Shea Holbrook Racing/ DarkHorse Pros jet dragster campaign.