Kenneth Stepien has been a proud second-generation firefighter since 2009. He served as a firefighter/paramedic in rural Illinois and suburban Chicagoland before relocating to the Pacific Northwest in 2015. Stepien worked for the Tacoma, WA, Fire Department where he served as a firefighter/EMT, a driver, a recruit school instructor and a lieutenant. In 2022, he joined the Seattle Fire Department.