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Mark Maden

Mark Maden

Residence.: Lyford

Department:: Lyford Fire Rescue

Title/rank:: Chief

Years of public service:: 19

Agency structure:: Volunteer fire department

Top issues in your department:: Firefighter Education

Professional Qualifications:: Firefighter I/II
Advanced EMT
Haz-Mat Awareness, Operations and Technician
Fire Officer Strategy and Tactics
Fire Officer I/II
Fire Investigator
NIMS 100, 200, 300, 700 and 800
Driver Operator
Fire Inspector I
Vehicle Extrication Technician
ILEA Pre-Basic

Topics you provide training for:: Extrication
Officer Training
EMS Training

Areas of expertise:: Incident Command
Vehicle and Machinery Extrication and Rescue

Bio:: I joined the fire service in November of 1989 with the Lyford Volunteer Fire Department. In 1991 i was appointed Lieutenant with the department, obtained my Basic EMT certification in 1994. In the summer of 1994 i was hired full-time by Parke County EMS, obtained by Advanced EMT certifiation in 1996. In 1998 i was appointed as Assistant Chief of the Lyford Fire Department. In 1999 I was hired as a firefighter for the Clinton City Fire Department, i was also a volunteer firefighter with the City of Clinton and held the rank of Lieutenant for 2 years. In July of 2001 i was hired as a firefighter for a Military Installation, where i am still employed.
I am also an adjunct instructor with District 7.

Mark Maden's Groups

Fire/Arson Investigation: (26 members)
Created by David Stabbe

Indiana District 7 Training Group: (39 members)
Created by Darren Sluder

ADVANCED VEHICLE EXTRICATION: (92 members)
Created by Leigh T. Hollins

Vehicle Extrication Today: (63 members)
Created by Chris Pepler

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At 3:00am on May 24th, 2008, David Ebel said…: Please allow me to invite you to a site designed by responders for responders... the crew that is doing it is CISM multilevel trained and are there for the guys after the bad calls. It helps the responders that do not yet have a team or would be worried that they asking for help would be seen as weakness. Please join and share it when you can. As a chaplain with over 25 years of service to fire departments I am excited with it's potential to provide support.

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At 10:42am on April 16th, 2008, Darren Sluder said…: Welcome aboard Mark!

At 3:54pm on April 14th, 2008, Kurt Jacks said…: Welcome Mark. I don't get on here too much but I'll be around. Starting to get back to work on some projects around the firehouse that you may interested in. Multi-departmental. TF 7 low angle & colapse rescue, and bi-county decon.

At 10:47am on April 10th, 2008, Jon Shackelford said…: Hi Mark good to see you on here thanks for the add SHACK

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