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- Residence.
- Parke Co. IN
- Department:
- Lyford Vol. and Newport Chemical Depot
- Title/rank:
- Assitant Chief Lyford/ Firefighter NECD
- Years of public service:
- 9
- Agency structure:
- Industrial fire department
- Top issues in your department:
- tax deductions for volunteers
- Professional Qualifications:
- Firefighter 1/2 IN, IFSAC, DOD
Strategy and tactics IN
Fire Officer 1 IN, IFSAC, DOD
Hazmat Aware, Ops, Tech IN, IFSAC, DOD
Instructor 2/3 IN, IFSAC, DOD
Driver Operator-Pumper IN, IFSAC, DOD
NFA Safety Officer, Incident Command, Calling the Mayday
NIMS 100 200 700 800
EMT-B
- Topics you provide training for:
- CPR, Mandatory, Hazmat awareness, Ops, Firefighter 1/2, Strategy and tactics
- Areas of expertise:
- Working hard to get things done
- Bio:
- I'm here to help Indiana Volunteers achieve the level of professionalism and respect they both require and deserve
Joined Lyford Fire Dept at age of 19, Graduated from Purdue University in may of 2002, Have been with the Newport Chemical Depot Fire Dept since 2005 I've been married for 3 years to Julie have 2 sons one 2yrs old Kaleb and one 3 mos old Kolton. My wife is a full time EMT-A in class for Medic at Parke Co. EMS. I enjoy fishing and waterfowl hunting in my ever so fastly disappearing free time.
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I would like to take the pumb driveing class. If you would let me know when I will try and get more from my department to come. Thank you for teaching the 1 and 2 class this winter for us.
Patrick
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
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