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Dan Walker
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HONOR THEIR SACRIFICES
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Haz-Mat
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COMPANY DRILLS
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Fire Department Strategic Planning
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How would your City handle a Code Mandating Fire Sprinklers in Single-Family Homes?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Dan Walker Sep 18.
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Profile Information
- Residence.
- Grinnell, IA
- Department:
- Grinnell Fire Department
- Title/rank:
- Ass't Chief of Training
- Years of public service:
- 19
- Agency structure:
- Combination fire department
- Top issues in your department:
- Training for today for challenges of tomorrow, Learning how to interact Old School minds with New Technology
- Professional Qualifications:
- FF1 &2, Instructor 1 &2, Inspector 1 ,HAZ-MAT Tech Red Cross Instructor, IS 100, 200, 300, 400, 700.
- Topics you provide training for:
- Confined Space Rescue, Firefighter 1&2, AED, CPR classes.
- Areas of expertise:
- Confined Space Rescue & Firefighter 1&2 classes
- Bio:
- 1989-1991 Firefighter, Toledo, IA
1991-1996 Lieutenant, Training Officer
1996-1998 Firefighter, Grinnell, IA
1998-1999 Captain, Training Officer
1999-2005 Ass't Chief
2005-2008 Captain, Training Officer
2008-present Ass't Chief of Training
I am an instructor for many including Professional Rescue Innovations, Iowa State Fire Service, ICCC, MCC and REd Cross. I really enjoy spending time with my wife Lori, and two little firefighters, Blake, 7, and Tyler 5.
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Looking Back to Remember, Honor and Never to Forget!
As for many of us this time of year always makes us stop and say a prayer for the Firefighters, Police Officers, Port Authority Officers and Public Safety Officials who perished on 9-11-01. Today, I was going through my computer looking at all of the images from that day of darkness and I stopped again to say another prayer. For me, I did not know any of the Firefig…
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Its a website that does Webisodes on fire and ems depts in West and East coast and soon some in the midwest. Think its from the same ppl who used to have a show on the Boston Fire Dept on the History Channel.
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