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Lives in:: 409 and 1/2 South 13th Street

Department:: Yellowstone Club Fire Department/ Livingston Fire and Rescue

Title/rank:: firefighter/emt-B

Years of public service:: 8yrs.

Agency structure:: Paid fire department

Top issues in your department:: Training props, lack of. Need to develop a training program. Young department, only 5yrs. old.

Professional Qualifications:: NREMT-Basic, Montana State EMT-Basic cert. I hold a Montana state firefighter 1 Cert. and Haz. Mat. Ops. Cert.

Topics you provide training for:: I am the training officer for my shift so I provide training on all fire and EMS.

Areas of expertise:: I don't consider myself an expert on anything but I think that on my shift I have the most expertise with EMS.

Bio:: I have held a NREMT-Basic Cert. for 10yrs, a Montana State Cert. for 7yrs. I have Firefighter1 cert for the state of Montana. I have been a part time paid firefighter/emt-B with Livingston Fire and Rescue for 7yrs. and I am now a full time firefighter/emt-B with the Yellowstone Club Fire Department(private). I am also a part time EMT-B for AMR Bozeman operations. I was a fight medic with the Air Force Reserves for 3yrs. and a combat/field medic with the Army National Guard for 6yrs. I hope to soon be active with my local SAR.

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