Facing your inferno: Alabaster's first firefighter intern sets the standard for those to come - Shelby County Reporter

Facing your inferno: Alabaster's first firefighter intern sets the standard for those to come - Shelby County Reporter

By ANNA GRACE MOORE | Magazine Editor Screeching in pulses, the fire tone wakes Alabaster firefighter-paramedic Devarye Mack out of a dead sleep. Half a second passes, and his feet hit the floor. A race to the locker, Mack quickly grabs his helmet and oxygen tank before bolting to the fire engine, grasping the bar to hoist himself nearly five feet in the air onto the first step, climbing into the truck. The wail of the siren echoes like a fearmo…