Victor M. Grimes is a twenty-five year veteran of the Tulsa Fire Department. He is currently a lieutenant on the Hazardous Materials Response Team. Other roles he has served within the department are; honor guard coordinator, peer support team leader, and public information officer. He is the chaplain with the Professional Black Firefighters Association of Tulsa (PBFAT). Victor volunteers in the community, currently with Men of Monroe; mentoring young scholars at Monroe Demonstration Academy and the school’s Reading Buddies literacy program on a weekly basis.

Victor serves on the executive board of the NABJ Tulsa Chapter as the parliamentarian, assisting the Chapter President with keeping general body meetings efficient via Robert’s Rules of Order.