Leadership

Guiding Our Volunteers, Protecting Our Community

A middle-aged man with short gray hair and a goatee stands in front of a red fire truck, wearing a gray shirt with a fire department logo and the words "M. Jackson Chief" embroidered on it.

Matt Jackson

Chief

Chief Jackson has been with the department for 8 years. Starting as a probationary and moving into the treasury position after being on the department for a year. As treasury he also became the lieutenant of the department then moving into the Assistant Chief position for 4 years. When then chief stepped aside was voted in to the Chief position. Being on the department and helping the community has been truly rewarding. The fire fighting service is truly a family environment and has be very rewarding to be a part of the department and Hood County fire services.

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Alanzo Molina

Assistant Chief

Assistant Chief Molina came to Station 70 from Granbury VFD.  Asst. Chief Molina demonstrated many strengths upon arrival at Station 70 VFD. As a paramedic/firefighter at Parker County before moving to Hood County. Asst Chief Molina is our EMS trainer for our firefighters.

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Eric Overman

Captain

Captain Overman is a third-generation volunteer Firefighter. He has been with Station 70 for more than 20 years. Overman’s experience in fighting fires and other parts of the fire service are invaluable to the station in getting our firefighters ready to be able to handle the daily emergencies the fire service deals with. Overseeing weekly training nights and live fire training.

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Tyler Tabor

Lieutenant