Lieutenant Smith began his career as a firefighter in June of 1980 with Carroll County Fire/Rescue.  During his 24 years of firefighting service, he has secured 15 of them with the Carrollton Fire Department.  In 1993, Lt. Smith was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant and became the Carrollton Fire Department’s first full time training officer.

 In addition to being the Training Director, Lt. Smith serves as an Administrative Assistant to the Fire Chief.  He assists with policies and procedures, equipment specifications, purchasing, portable equipment maintenance, grant applications, research, information and general office duties. 

Lt. Smith also serves as the Safety Officer for the department and responds to all major incidents.  He is in charge of teaching fire safety to the schools and other organizations and   provides fire brigade training to local industries. 

Through the department training division, each member receives over 240 hours of training each year.  Lt. Smith has Instructor certifications ranging from the basic firefighter to the most advanced, and is a HAZ/MAT Technician Instructor also.  He helps to schedule training for the West Georgia Regional HAZ/MAT Team.