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Rick Decorie
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Air Management - The S...
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For those attending and presenting at the Fire Department Instructors Conference.
Good book Rick. I talk about it whenever I teach FF II here in Illinois. Keep up the good work.
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Profile Information
- Department:
- Westville Area Fire Protection District
- Title/rank:
- Training Officer - Lieutenant
- Years of public service:
- 24
- Agency structure:
- Volunteer fire department
- Top issues in your department:
- Getting people to respond.
- Professional Qualifications:
- BS in Fire Service Management
Illinois certified:
Fire Officer I
Instructor II
Haz Mat Ops
EMT-B
- Topics you provide training for:
- State of Illinois FF II, FF III, RIT
- Bio:
- Started as a paid-on-call FF/EMT for two years on a combination department (Blue Island). Was hired as a Firefighter/EMT on a career department (Danville). Retired as a Lieutenant after 21 years of service. Now I am a Firefighter/EMT for the local volunteer department.
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Comment Wall (9 comments)
- At 1:57pm on October 18, 2009,
Alex Simon said…
- Hey Rick, it means
"Don't let the bastards grind you down"
- At 3:42pm on October 10, 2009,
Alex Simon said…
- hi! how are you?
- At 9:34am on September 17, 2009,
Travis Mulvaney said… - Hey Rick thanks for the great tips and ideas,
I'm in the process of revamping our training
program and they are coming in real handy
- At 2:38pm on September 4, 2009,
Travis Mulvaney said…
- Hey Rick sorry it took me so long to get back to ya. I started back to school and it's been hectic, I'm teaching HS kids and coaching jr. high baseball along with everything else I got going, anyway my email is mulvaney_83@yahoo.com, I'll try and send you a outline of what my training schedule looks like and what we try to accomplish
- At 1:56pm on August 8, 2009,
Travis Mulvaney said…
- Hey Rick,
My problem is Ive got a gap between my young and older firefighters.
I understand that the older guys have families and other things to do,
but so do I. As a training officer I have to put in at least double of what
they do but they don't see that. We currently only require 12 hours of training a year and I've got some guys with no hours and it's August. I try to make things fun and try new things and I do the old routine things toobut can't seem to get them here. Any suggestions would be very helpful......
- At 10:12am on May 5, 2009,
Eddie Buchanan said… - Hey Rick! Thanks for picking up the book! If you'd like to be more active in the ISFSI, let me know! We need writers all of the time! Eddie B
- At 7:49pm on February 8, 2009,
Gary Rauch said… - Hey Rick, I just noticed you started on BI. That's where I got my start as a cadet and then part time. Spent about 15 years there before I got hired on Downers Grove full time and have had a great 22 year career so far. Got a lot of experience from that place. BE SAFE Brother.
- At 11:33pm on January 17, 2009,
Chris Ballard said… - Hey Rick,
I'm in the same battion as Harding and should see him next day. If I see May I'll try to remember to pass it on.
Chris
- At 12:28am on January 8, 2009,
Alex Simon said…
- Hi Rick
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