City of Mont Belvieu (Texas)
Blake McBride currently serves as HSSE Tech. II at Monument Chemical, focusing on job audits and employee safety since March 2023. With extensive experience in emergency services, Blake has been a Volunteer Firefighter/EMT-Basic for the City of Mont Belvieu since April 2005, as well as holding roles such as Waterfowl Guide at Oyster Bayou Hunting Club, EH&S Technician at Wood, and Firefighter/EMT-B at Highlands Fire Department. Blake also worked as a Hazmat Specialist II for the Harris County Fire Marshal's Office and as a Rescue Supervisor for First In Rescue Safety and Training, LLC, providing instruction and oversight in safety and rescue operations. Blake's education includes studies at San Jacinto College from 2007 to 2011.
City of Mont Belvieu (Texas)
The City of Mont Belvieu is located in Chambers and Liberty Counties in the state of Texas. It is just north of Interstate 10 along State Highway 146. It is estimated that the population in 2022 is approximately 8,340. The first permanent settlers to the area were Henry Griffith and his wife, Amelia Burrow. Both from the Louisiana area. After floating from Louisiana and landing in Mont Belvieu, they decided to settle there. Henry was a cattle rancher and at one time all of Mont Belvieu was used as pasture land for their cattle. Amos Barber became the second settler, and other settlers followed. After years of owning all of the land Griffith sold the deed to the land known today as Mont Belvieu. Henry Griffith died and was buried with no grave marker; Amelia soon followed. A memorial has been erected at the site of an old oak tree and there is a rumor that Amelia was buried just down the hill from where their house once stood, just down the road from Kenefick Veterinary clinic which now borders the Enterprise Products Inc. gas storage facility.