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Lives in:: Onset MA

Department:: Onset Fire Department

Title/rank:: Captain/Training Officer

Years of public service:: 19

Agency structure:: Combination fire department

Top issues in your department:: Staffing, maintaining proficiency

Professional Qualifications:: FF I/II, Fire Instructor I, II, Fire Officer I, II, III,

Topics you provide training for:: Development and delivery of Department training program.
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Adjunct instructor for private corporations

Areas of expertise:: Apparatus training, engine company ops, water supply, wildland/urban interface for structural firefighters, leadership and mentoring

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Trying not to change isn't always bad

As I sit here on Christmas Eve at the firehouse by myself, something dawned on me that has nudged me to make my first ever blog post. I come from a small seaside community in Southeastern Massachusetts and am a Shift Commander and Training Captain in a department that averages 1800 annual responses with a staff of 7 full-time sworn personnel and approximately 55 paid on call sworn personnel. Our department has done a great job of holding on to the combination model and still providing…

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Posted on December 24, 2017 at 9:31am

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