Mary F. Engler's Page

Residence.

Coventry, CT

Department:

Coventry Volunteer Fire Association, Inc.

Title/rank:

Lieutenant

Years of public service:

18 years

Agency structure:

Volunteer fire department

Top issues in your department:

Safety, on the way to the scene, at the scene, and coming home from the scene. Everybody goes home!

Professional Qualifications:

Firefighter I, Firefighter II, Instructor I, RN, CCRN, EMT

Topics you provide training for:

Fire Prevention/Safety, and Medical.

Areas of expertise:

Medical

Bio:

Wife, Mother, Grandmother. We have 2 sons, one of which is a career firefighter/ EMT, Instructor in another state. The other is a Computer Engineer. We have three grandchildren. My husband is also a firefighter/ EMT/ Fire Instructor and Fire Police Instructor.

We were In New Orleans, attending the EMS EXPO, when Hurricaine Katrina blew ashore. My husband and I, with 25 other FF/EMT's , banded together and established an EMS station for the New Orleans Hilton. We cannot say enough about the management crew of that hotel.

Fire Officer of the Year in 2005.

Another first for us was during a trip home from an EMS convention in Las Vegas, when a gentleman had a life threatening cardiac event at 32,000 feet. I had the pilot divert the flight to a closer airport so the gentleman could get proper advanced medical attention. The crew who came to meet the plane said it was a true medical emergency.

Web site:

http://www.coventryfire.org