Stan May was raised to work hard on his father’s dairy farm, and he followed in his father’s footsteps as a firefighter. He has worked 26 years for the Tulsa Fire Department, now serving as the department’s public information officer.

His upbringing and work ethic have put him on the front lines of many catastrophic events in Oklahoma and the region. He traveled to Joplin, Mo., in 2011 and to Moore in 2013 after deadly tornadoes devastated the region. He puts his firefighting skills to work when wildfires threaten homes across Oklahoma.