Retired Orland Fire Lieutenant Teaches CPR for Four Decades

by Owens Media, Inc. for Orland-Homer NEIGHBORS MAGAZINE

Christopher Smith has been teaching people how to save lives for more than 40 years. The retired Orland Fire Protection District lieutenant became a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) instructor while in paramedic school in 1981. He became the coordinator of Orland Fire's public CPR/AED and First Aid Programs in 1993, a position he still holds today.