Name: Rick Acosta
Age: 53
Personal: Married with children
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Station: #3, 103 S Newport
Year Joined: 1986
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Hometown: Tampa, FL
Patch: What do you like most about your job?
Acosta: Being able to make a difference in someone’s life.
Patch: What made you interested in this line of work?
Acosta: Helping people.
Patch: What is your most memorable call?
Acosta: When the plane crashed into the building downtown. [In 2002, a Cessna 172 crashed into the side of the Bank of America tower in downtown Tampa]
Patch: What do you do on your days off?
Acosta: I own a lawn service - Rick’s Lawn Maintenance.
Patch: Are you known for anything around the station?
Acosta: Working on projects. [He says as he works on refurbishing an old pull station.]
Patch: Do you have a favorite meal at the station?
Acosta: Yellow rice & chicken.
Patch: Speaking in terms of safety, fill in the blank. “I wish more people would…”
Acosta: … not talk on cell phones while driving!
