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- Residence.
- Skagway, Alaska
- Department:
- Skagway Volunteer Fire Department
- Title/rank:
- Captain
- Years of public service:
- 20
- Agency structure:
- Combination fire department
- Top issues in your department:
- Volunteer retension, training to match experirnced and rookie fire fighter skills, seasonal loss of 1/2 of volunteers
- Professional Qualifications:
- Fire Fighter 1, Methods of Instruction to teach FF1, AK EMT lll, several ICC certifications (for position as Building Inspector)
- Topics you provide training for:
- all of FFl requirements, additional training for mass casualty response (tourist ship, airplane/bus/train crashes)
- Areas of expertise:
- Building construction, fire scene operations, fire attack
- Bio:
- I have spent 20 years in the fire service with a combination of volunteer, paid on call and paid fire fighter positions. In addition, I have spent many years in the construction trade and the past few as the building inspector. These have provided me a wide variety of cross training which all contribute to a well rounded view and knowledge of how to work with people and handle emergency situations.
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Cruising Alaska is one of the best things in the world! Unpack one time, eat when you want, see great scenery and meet some wonderful people. May sounds early to most, but it historically our driest month. August rains more than all the rest.
The training/visiting trip was great! It is always good to sit in class and socialize with like-minded people. The road, however, was not as good. There were frost heaves (some as high as 2 feet) for about 200 miles. I know this sounds hard to believe, but we were all shook up by the time we were finished with it! Slow down and be safe everyone!
Having just begun on this site, I will be silent for 2 weeks. I will be driving to Anchorage for a forum for state fire marshalls & others (me). After that, I will drive to Soldotna for a 5 day class on arson investigation. Round trip is about 2000 miles - how far do you all have to travel for "local" training?
Of course, there will be some visiting and shopping. In a town of 500 in the winter and 10,000 a day tourist traffic in the summer, about the only thing you can purchase is T-shirts and other tourism related items.
Be safe. Chris
This group will focus on aggressive interior firefighting. We will address tactics that increase your chance of not getting jammed up and cover what actions to undertake if you do.We will cover some big issues as well as small tactical tips
Be Safe