When Joshua Branscome isn’t saving homeowners’ septic systems, he’s helping save lives. The owner of B & M Septic Tank & Drain Service Inc. doesn’t see many days off. Instead, Branscome, of Lawsonville, N.C., works four days a week as a pumper/installer, and the other three as a paramedic for Stokes County Emergency Medical Services.
But he’s not complaining—it suits him. At 24, he’s already logged a decade in pumping and six years of emergency services work. He loves what he does, can’t stand to sit still, and manages to fit in quality family time around all that activity.
Branscome met his
