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- Residence.
- 160 Brentlawn Dr. Frankfort, Ky. 40601
- Department:
- Retired State Fire Marshal of Kentucky
- Title/rank:
- Director of Fire Prevention Commonwealth of Kentucky
- Years of public service:
- 35
- Agency structure:
- Public safety (police-fire)
- Professional Qualifications:
- Appointed Ky State Fire Marshal two times by setting Governors. Licensed Private Fire and Explosive Investigator. Consultant for Manufacture, Use and Handling of Hazardous Materials. Consultant to Transportation Companies transportin HM. Designed and executed first Vent and Burn on a railcar in 1974. Advise on scene fire departments in HM events. Directed nine (9) sections of the Ky State Fire Marshals Office to include Haz. Mat., Boilers, Manufactured Housing, Electrical, Elecrical Licensing, Elevators, Fire Suppresion, General Inspection and NIFRS. Retired member of State Fire Commission.
- Topics you provide training for:
- OSHA, Federal Dept of Transportation, NFPA, Haz. Mat., Cause and Origin Investigations, to include industrial and transpotation events.
- Areas of expertise:
- HM storage use and handling, fire and explosion investigation. Case Studies involving incidents with regard to HM. Transportation in all five modes of HM movements and Storage of the material. Cause and Origin Investigations.
- Bio:
- Retired from Commonwealth of Kentucky. Active in Consulting for the Transportation Industry. Provide OSHA Training for Construction Industry. Field Supervisor in the State Fire Marshal's Office 1969 to 1991. Appointed SFM, 1992 to 2001,Asst SFM and Chief of HM. Retired and recalled to duty as SFM 2006. Retired again in 2008. Certified and Licensed Private Fire and Explosive Investigator.
- Web site:
- http://www.DevasherInvestigations.com
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