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Tiger Schmittendorf
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- Angola NY
- United States
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Tiger Schmittendorf's Groups
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Upcoming Training Sessio…
28 members
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Round Table Revisited
53 members
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Calling all Volunteer's
59 members
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Training Officers Mutual…
217 members
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“Pride and Ownership”
564 members
Stay safe. Train often.
Profile Information
- Lives in:
- 3359 Broadway, Cheektowaga NY 14227
- Department:
- Erie County Department of Emergency Services
- Title/rank:
- Deputy Fire Coordinator
- Years of public service:
- 27
- Agency structure:
- Public safety (police-fire)
- Top issues in your department:
- Insufficient funding to support basic firefighter training; recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters; apathy in the fire service.
- Professional Qualifications:
- Nationally Certified Fire Instructor; ICS 400 Trained; Experienced Logistics Chief
- Topics you provide training for:
- Leadership; PIO; Volunteer Management; ICS; Highway Safety
- Areas of expertise:
- Absolutely nothing.
- Bio:
- Tiger Schmittendorf serves as Deputy Fire Coordinator for the County of Erie Department of Emergency Services (Buffalo NY), which manages three training facilities, 50 fire instructors and the training of 97 fire departments and 5,000+ firefighters.
He is a Nationally Certified Fire Instructor and a firefighter with the Evans Center Volunteer Fire Company in the Town of Evans NY since 1980, having served most recently as Chief of Training, Webmaster and Public Information Officer (PIO).
Schmittendorf brings 15 years of experience in engineering, sales and marketing management to marketing the product he loves: the fire service. He specializes in recruitment and retention, marketing, training and leadership consulting for counties and fire departments around the country.
He previously served as co-founder and Managing Editor of The Fire Fighter Newspaper and created a recruitment effort that doubled his own fire department's membership and helped net 500-plus new volunteers countywide.
He is a regularly featured author, presenter, instructor and photographer addressing the business of emergency services delivery.
He suffers from an extremely dry sense of humor and routinely makes an ass of himself, often in public.
- Web site:
- http://www.tigerschmittendorf.com
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That's Why.
I recently responded to a post on FirefighterNation.com from my friend Adam Box, who shared the dilemma he was experiencing with his significant other:
Tomorrow, I will be attending the funeral of Elizabeth Fire Department Acting Captain Gary Stephens. This will be my second (unfortunately I doubt it will be my last) time attending a LODD funeral.
I was in a bit of a bad mood (about something unrelated) and was… Continue
Posted on January 7, 2009 at 7:00am
Live Auction of Fire Memorabilia to Benefit Fire Chief
As part of a large fundraising effort for Evans Center Firefighter Dennis Allen, a benefit scheduled for September 6, 2008 will feature a live auction of firefighter art and memorabilia. The benefit will run from 2-8pm and the live auction will kick off at 5pm.
Former Chief Allen received a double lung transplant on July 2, 2008 after suffering from the deadly disease: idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis for more than two years. He…
Posted on August 24, 2008 at 10:42pm
Fire Service Funeral Practices
I originally wrote this piece for another blog spot in October-2007 but felt it has relevance here. I'd love to hear what you think on the subject:…
ContinuePosted on March 27, 2008 at 3:33pm — 5 Comments
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I saw the site on Dennis. Is there anywhere that we can view and bid online for the donated items?
Greg
Thanks for your kind words and for mentioning P&O. I think we're all starting to make a little headway and getting things back to the way they should be and were.
Great job on the article. Well said brother!
Be safe,
Rick
Katey
Hope all is well...take care Les
This group will focus on aggressive interior firefighting. We will address tactics that increase your chance of not getting jammed up and cover what actions to undertake if you do.We will cover some big issues as well as small tactical tips
As I said I would I brought up the question about levels of Honor to the other commanders at the symposium and I felt that the group was truly on board with the fact you cannot give everything to everyone everytime which made me feel better about how I felt
I hope that you can attend next year the contacts and new friends that were made this year will last a life time.
hope to hear from you soon
jim
Be safe brother.
Rick
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