Elijah Hanover grew up in Red County, where he was brought up by a single father working in construction. He was taught responsibility and hard work right from the start of his life. After graduating from high school, as a means of killing time and keeping out of trouble, he joined the volunteer fire department. The very first building fire he attended to—an old motel on Route 16—was the event that made his career decision irrevocable. He recalls much less of the fire than the rescue, the team, the overwhelming feeling of the moment, and notably the very first breath of a man that Elijah had helped to revive.
He first got his EMT certificate and then Paramedic advanced his education. The years he spent working in the field gave him the traits of a calm, quiet, and methodical rescuer who is very strong under pressure. He is not among those who talk about their worst experiences, however, he implies that every scar and sleepless night contribute to his unspoken sense of duty. Currently, he is at the Las Venturas Fire & Rescue, where Elijah is the very person who checks the safety of his team's equipment twice even before the emergency call. Transferring into training, so that he can give back to the new-coming and next wave of responders what he has learned, is his next big move.
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