When the call for help comes, 19-year-old Grayson Nimer is ready to answer. A 2024 Concord High School graduate and Public Safety Academy alum, Grayson is now saving lives as an EMT for Cabarrus County while also serving as a volunteer firefighter for the Rimer Fire Department.

🔥 “From a very young age, I’ve always wanted to be a firefighter,” Grayson shares. Thanks to CHS’s Public Safety Academy, he earned key certifications and turned his passion into a career.

📖 Read more about Grayson and the CHS Public Safety Academy in the Winter 2025 edition of Engage CCS.