Bruce Hartsoe has extensive experience in emergency medical services and firefighting, currently serving as an EMT-Paramedic with Catawba County Government since August 1999 and as a Firefighter/Engineer/Assistant Chief with the City of Claremont, NC since August 1993. Hartsoe also worked as an EMT with Claremont Rescue Squad Inc. from August 1995 to October 2015. Educationally, Bruce Hartsoe obtained an Associate of Arts and Sciences degree in Emergency Medical Sciences from Catawba Valley Community College between 1995 and 1997.