Meet your neighbor, Jeffrey (Jeff) Davis.

Jeff Davis was born in Virginia and moved to Peachtree City when he was just in the 4th grade. He graduated from Fayette County High School in 1983 which was before McIntosh High School was built. Jeff is married to Heather, a nurse, and they have a 28-year-old son, Chad, who is a Peachtree City Police Officer.  Jeff has worked for the Clayton County Fire Department since 1987 and also worked for the Peachtree City Fire Department from 1991-2011. You may have seen Jeff on a wave runner at the Dragon Boat races in Peachtree City as he was the Water Rescue Director for the Dive Team for many years. In Clayton County Jeff was in charge of the HazMat Team for many years as well, but after a serious accident in 2014 when his fire truck was broadsided by an 18-wheeler, Jeff is no longer able to work in those physically demanding positions due to his extensive injuries and subsequent surgeries.

As a kid growing up in Peachtree City, Jeff has fond memories of playing in the tunnels along Peachtree Parkway where he would catch and release snakes just for fun. Jeff’s grandparents were some of the first residents to move to the brand-new town of Peachtree City where they lived on Lake Peachtree. Nearby were horse stables, at the current site of the Glenloch Rec Center, where Jeff kept his horse that he would ride to middle school. At lunch, he would take his horse, tied up outside the school, an apple or some other treat. Jeff remembers when Partners Pizza opened in 1977 and how folks would ride their horses to the restaurant for lunch or dinner.

Jeff Davis also helped to shape a recreational opportunity for young people that is still available today in our community. Growing up, Jeff was an avid BMX bike rider. He and his best friend at the time helped to design the track that would become the current BMX track next to the Frederick Brown Amphitheater. Jeff’s Dad was one of the leaders that got the track established on city property and as such the track was named after him. With the help of the Peachtree City Police Department who sponsored and supported the building of the track, Jeff and his buddy designed it, and his Dad is credited with making the dream of a BMX track in Peachtree City a reality.

Currently Jeff is a lieutenant with the Clayton County Fire Department and works in Accreditation and as a Hazardous Materials Specialist. In addition, his affinity for snakes had led to him to acquire extensive knowledge on the subject. He documents snakes by catching, weighing, and releasing them locally. He tracks them and learns their daily habits and patterns. He can recognize the snakes he documents by the different patterns on their skin and by their daily routines. Jeff is extremely knowledgeable on snakebites and assists professors at an EMT school and at different seminars.

Jeff has two pet snakes of his own. The first is a ball python that was found in the Kedron area when a woman dropped a bag of mulch she had purchased from a home improvement store. When the bag burst open, out slithered a baby python the size of a pencil! A call to 911 brought Jeff and his crew to remove the python from the lady’s garage. Jeff has had this python, named Jafar, for over five years.