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Lives in:: Santa Ynez Valley

Department:: Santa Barbara County Fire Department

Title/rank:: Fire Captain

Years of public service:: 37

Agency structure:: Paid fire department

Top issues in your department:: Wildland Urban Interface Fires
Budget Shortfalls
Increased costs for doing business
Competing with Law Enforcement for Funding

Professional Qualifications:: Hazmat Specialist / WMD Instructor
Teaching Credential
Emergency Medical Techniician
CA SFM Fire Prevention Officer 1, 2, 3
CA SFM Company Fire Officer 1, 2, 3
CA SFM Chief Fire Officer 2

Topics you provide training for:: Hazmat
EMS
Wildland Urban Interface Firefighting
Fire Code and Prevention
Public Education
WMD Hazmat Decon EMS for 1st Responders
WMD Hazmat Decon EMS for Hospital Personnel

Areas of expertise:: Hazmat
EMS
Wildland Urban Interface Firefighting
Fire Code

Bio:: 10 years with private ambulance companies in the state of California as Mobile Intensive Care Paramedic
5 years with UCSB Police Department as Paramedic Land/Sea Rescue Supervisor
2 years with Montecito Fire Protection District as a Firefighter
27 years with Santa Barbara County Fire Department, currently working as a Fire Captain assigned to a remote fire station that provides structure, wildland, hazmat, water rescue, etc.

Web site:: http://www.sbcfire.com

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