Captain – Paramedic Luke Wakefield has been a member of the Groom Creek Fire District since 2002. He was initially hired as a volunteer firefighter and then as a defensible space contractor. Luke was promoted to Captain when we hired our first full-time personnel in July of 2006.
Since then, Captain Wakefield has successfully completed the paramedicine program at Yavapai College and became the District’s first Paramedic. Luke and his wife Brooke have a young daughter and live in the Groom Creek area.
Luke level of professionalism and knowledge of Emergency Medical Service has proven to be invaluable to the fire district and the residents of our community.