Luke Parks
POSITION: Opposite
HEIGHT: 6’8” (203 cm)
PROFESSION: Paramedic/Firefighter, Hampton Fire & Rescue (Hampton, VA)
HOMETOWN: Virginia Beach, Virginia

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Received a Bachelor’s degree in Human Movement and Development and worked in an outpatient orthopedic physical therapy clinic for 4 years. With an itch to become a first responder, he joined the Hampton Division of Fire and Rescue where I trained in all of his firefighting certifications. He achieved the status of Nationally Registered Paramedic in order to be qualified to respond at the highest level of pre-hospital emergency medicine.

Specialties/Certifications: Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Prehospital Trauma Life Support, International Trauma Life Support, Hazmat Awareness and Operations, Driver/Pump Operator, Vehicle Rescue, RIT/Mayday Rescue, Rope Rescue, Emergency Vehicle Operator Class 1,2, and 3.

Why is Public Service important to you?

“I have always enjoyed helping others. I started with volunteering with various organizations in middle and high school.. Then I started my career path in physical therapy to help people gain, or regain, a better quality of life. But as I was working in PT I felt a calling to be able to help people at the moment they need someone the most. That is when I knew that I wanted to become a paramedic and a firefighter. Being able to answer the call for a person who is truly in need, at the moment they need you, is one of the most rewarding things in the world to me.”

VOLLEYBALL CAREER

High School/Juniors

• Green Run High School

College

• Tidewater Community College

• George Mason University

• Old Dominion University

Post Collegiate/Professional:

• A multitude of Professional and Semi-Professional events, both beach and indoor volleyball, around the United States over the past 12 years.