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Bobby
This is such a great opportunity for those who cannot attend the April FDIC, live and in person. Your group of instructors and topics are a great mix with many years of practical experience and knowledge. Any one could be the next speaker. ...
Bobbi:
Just another blow and demonstrated incompetency from this city’s administration and leadership compounding the aftermath of the death of Firefighter Wilson. When does effective leadership ensure that the elected and appointed officials look...
Jeff
Thanks for the information and the universal personal protection precaution reminder. Good stuff
John
Todd
Thanks for the first person update.
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It depends on the condition of the vehicle. I would check with Sutphen for their costing models for refurbish. We have refurbished a couple of ladder trucks and many aid cars. We look at about 90K for aid cars and $250K - $300K for ladder trucks. ...
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Profile Information
- Residence.
- Sammamish, Washington
- Department:
- Eastside Fire & Rescue
- Title/rank:
- Deputy Fire Chief (Ret.)
- Years of public service:
- 32
- Agency structure:
- Combination fire department
- Top issues in your department:
- Staffing
Funding
Residental sprinklers
Retention of volunteers
- Professional Qualifications:
- Attorney at Law (JD)
Masters in Education (MS)
Physicians Assistant - Certified (PA-C)
Executive Fire Officer Graduate
- Topics you provide training for:
- Legal
Medical
Organizational Development
Hiring
Internal Investigations
Policy Development and Review
- Areas of expertise:
- Legal
Medical
Operational
Organizational
Human Resources
- Bio:
- John K. Murphy, J.D. M.S, PA-C, EFO, FACC.
Deputy Fire Chief (Ret)
Mr. Murphy retired as the Deputy Fire Chief with Eastside Fire & Rescue (Issaquah WA) and Fire Chief of the City of Sammamish (WA) after 32 years of service. He is a practicing attorney, whose focus is on employment practices liability, training safety, employment policy and practices, forensic evaluation on fire and EMS operations, internal investigations and consulting on risk management for private and public entities. He is also the Vice President of M2 Consulting Group, Inc.; a Physicians Assistant and Fellow, American College of Clinicians. Murphy’s past medical and fire experience has been as a US Navy Corpsman serving with the US Marines; paramedic firefighter for more than 20 years; a Chief Fire Officer, Chief of Training, Operations Chief, Health and Safety Officer; a promoter and facilitator of health-care issues in the fire service, author, conference speaker and a practicing physicians’ assistant since 1977 with a focus in family practice and emergency care. Mr. Murphy graduated with a Juris Doctor from Seattle University School of Law; obtained a Masters of Science (MS) and Bachelors of Science (BS) degrees in Education from Central Washington University and graduated from the University Of Utah School Of Medicine, Physicians Assistant Program and is an Executive Fire Officer Graduate. Mr. Murphy is a member of the Association of Fire Service Attorneys; National Society of Executive Fire Officers; International Association of Fire Chief’s, Washington State Bar Association; King County Bar Association; U.S. District Court Western District of Washington and a former member of the Washington Fire Chief’s Association.
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What about 2009 FDIC - Best show ever
Bobby, Dianne, Jane and staff:
What a great production. Wonderful training events and support for the instructors and participants.
Class A production. Thank you
John Murphy
What a great production. Wonderful training events and support for the instructors and participants.
Class A production. Thank you
John Murphy
Posted on April 26, 2009 at 4:17pm — 1 Comment
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- At 11:09pm on April 26, 2008,
Frank Ricci said… - Take a look and sign up to our group we could use your input. Tactical Building Blocks & Air Management
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
- At 9:52am on April 23, 2008,
John K. Murphy said…
- We are one big family
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