Firefighter Budde began his career with the City of Carrollton fire Department in April of 2008 as a firefighter on C Shift. 

Firefighter Budde has attended classes at the Georgia Fire Academy, and other government agencies around the state of Georgia. Firefighter Budde has worked at the Haralson County Fire Department since November of 2002. 

Some of firefighter Budde's qualifications include: National registry firefighter certification, HAZ-MAT operations, First Responder, Crash Victim Extrication, NIMS 100, 300, and 700.