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- Residence.
- 4500 Dubois Brookfield Illinois 60513
- Department:
- Brookfield Fire Department
- Title/rank:
- Chief
- Years of public service:
- 20
- Agency structure:
- Combination fire department
- Top issues in your department:
- Staffing, Morale, Training, Age of Front Line Apparatus, Budget
- Professional Qualifications:
- OSFM FO II, Bachelor Degree-Fire Science MGMT, Paramedic
- Topics you provide training for:
- Fire, EMS, NIMS, Rescue, Haz-Mat
- Areas of expertise:
- Fire Service Instructor, RIT Officer Instructor
- Bio:
- Entered Fire Service in 1984 as paid-on-call FF for Village of Brookfield, Il; Hired full time in 1988 at Brookfield FD; Became paramedic in 1997; Worked at Westmont FD, Westmont, Illinois from 1998 thru 2005; Promoted to Lieutenant at Westmont FD in 2004; Promoted to Lieutenant at Brookfield FD in November, 2005; Promoted to chief at Brookfield FD in December, 2005; Currently chief of Brookfield FD; Instructor Aid for Illinois Fire Service Institute Saving Our Own, 1996 thru 1998; Adjunct Instructor for Illinois Fire Service Institute-2000 to 2002; RITO Instructor, Illinois Mabas Division 10-Current; Received State of Illinois Medal of Valor, May, 1996;
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Mark
How are you doing? Hope all is well. Working hard down here. You need to come down and visit. I'll give you the tour, a place to stay, and a rig to ride! Stay safe, Rich
Pat
Ahh the summer time. I am getting my swing ready. My two main fears in this world are that I will run into a Carnies or Mayo. Or a Carny covered in mayo
Thanks for adding me to your list of friends, we need to do lunch soon.
Mike
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