Todd is a 15 year veteran of the fire service, currently working in Knox county Ohio. He is Nationally known for Hazardous Materials and teaches the topic at The University of Findlay in Findlay, Ohio. Todd has been a guest speaker at several major conferences including FDIC.
Hi Todd. I left a post on the VES conversation. I tried to explain it a little more simply and clearly than some of the others. If you have any further questions on VES let me know. I teach the tactic and my department uses and advocates VES
Hi, Todd - I'm new to this whole "community" thing, so once I get my feet under me and half a few minutes to browse around - I'll get back with you regarding the HazMat Group. Take care, Brother!
Yeah out here in Ca, The HazMat series is 6 weeks. for a total of 240 hours. Technician is 160 hours and the spec upgrade is an additional 80 hours. We are then required to maintain our certs with 24 hours of continuing education each year. Loads of fun!!!
Hi Todd Glad you like the pics will be adding more from Katrina and maybe the Towers thanks for the invite to join your HAZMAT group. Take care and be safe
Hey Todd,
No problem, just give me a couple days to get the discs burned and I will put them in the mail for you. Enjoy the holiday and as always STAY SAFE !! Dennis
Hey Todd, thanks for the add. I was looking for the article on the Brotherhood you had mentioned in another post. Has it moved or am I missing it somewhere on your page.
Thanks, and I agree 100 percent. I think part of what your seeing in the younglings is partly the persona of today's youth in general. Once they finish training they are more up to date than the older FFs in their minds. They are invincible because of all of this training and youth. There also seems to be a general lack of respect with a lot of young folks today unfortunately.
What was the eagles song that said "kill all the lawyers kill em tonight". They are the ones that have started the I don't want to work for my living attitude.
Anyway, I guess what I am trying to say is that it isn't just the fire service that is suffering from all of this it is the US in general.
So why not take what you are saying and make our Houses the place where we begin to turn the tide. I can't think of a better way to start than through our traditions and the Brotherhood!
Todd
The Brotherhood exists in all place and even all countries.
But much like a garden it needs to be nurtured and wateredwith our history and fertilized with our traditions.
It is up to the senior FFs & officers to instill this in the newer younger "different" ff we are brining aboard today. They are our future It is our fire service and it will be theirs. See Lasky's Pride & Ownership of the Job. It is your responsibility to pass this on.
Stay Safe and be a brother or Sister
Todd,
Since I retired from the fire service in '92, I have continued to teach hazmat and a lot of rurual engine company operations. Hazmat training is much better now than in the beginning because we understand it better and have better equipment. In Ohio, I was part of a team of people who put together a new hazmat awareness and operations class combining Hazmat and WMD so that teh student only had to take one class. It was a good cross section of people meeting at the Ohio Fire Academy for over a year on the project. it included fire, law enforcement, public health, and public works. This class was submitted to US Homeland Security and received their blessing and approval. The manual can be downloaded from http://homelandsecurity.ohio.gov/firstresponders.htm
I spent six years as aa hazmat tech at the Division of Stat Fire Marshal and know the chanllenges that smaller departments have gone through keeping abreast of the hazmat problem.
I am now concerned with public health exercises and most recently pandemic flu. It will be a big challenge to all in the fire service if it happens just dealing with the lack of manpower Next year the Public Health Infrastructure Grant will be concerned with an "All Hazards" approach to exercises and I hope that the fire service partners with public health for these exercises. There is a lot to be learned on both sides.
You're right, it's a valuable source of information. It's well written and great source for training ideas whether in discussion form or worked into hands-on scenarios. Another good source of info and training material is the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, they have a large library of videos that disect the causes of some of the largest chemical related disasters throughout the country and these videos are free, plus you can sign up to recieve news and investigation up-dates from any recent chemical related incident.
STAY SAFE
Hi Todd, thanks for letting me know about the Haz-Mat group. I joined this morning. I probably have a different perspective since I head an industrial haz-mat team. I am on a volunteer FD as well, but we do not do much with haz-mat.
Hi Todd, Thanks for adding me as a friend. I joined the fire service in 1963 and now as a past Deputy Chief I am being asked to help out with some of the departments training. As with most volunteer departments we are understaffed and our training does need a shot in the arm. This is my reason for joining the Fire Engineering Training Community. You seem to have a good handle on the training side and I hope to converse with you about fire service subjects in the future.
I sure like to be friends with a fellow hazmat officer!
Last mai I visited the US (Houston, TX) for the first time in my life: we studied the industrial safety structure of CIMA and some of its members, to see what we could learn from it. And we visited TEEX. To me that was the most interesting part of the trip. In our country there are not many places where you can train hazmat, and the possibilities on these locations - and partly also the hands-on practical knowledge of the trainers - are very limited. I would like to do some PRACTICAL hazmat training courses, given by teachers who have a lot of practical experience, but I do not know where I can learn most during the limited holidays I have. I hope you can advise me on this!
Todd McKee
Apr 18, 2008
David Ebel
Apr 18, 2008
Michael Bricault (ret)
Apr 24, 2008
Paul Combs
Apr 25, 2008
Eric Hankins
Apr 25, 2008
Donna E.Pinknowski
Apr 27, 2008
Todd McKee
Apr 27, 2008
Steve Gooley
Apr 30, 2008
Robert Goepp
Apr 30, 2008
Mark Belanger
Apr 30, 2008
Todd McKee
May 12, 2008
Todd McKee
May 16, 2008
Todd McKee
May 24, 2008
Dennis E Sampson
No problem, just give me a couple days to get the discs burned and I will put them in the mail for you. Enjoy the holiday and as always STAY SAFE !! Dennis
May 24, 2008
hazmatnerd
May 25, 2008
Todd McKee
May 29, 2008
Todd McKee
Jun 5, 2008
Todd McKee
Jun 9, 2008
Todd McKee
Jun 16, 2008
Dennis E Sampson
The disc's are in the mail tomorrow !
Stay Safe !! Dennis
Jun 17, 2008
Todd McKee
Jun 26, 2008
John Power
Be Safe
John
Jun 26, 2008
John Power
What was the eagles song that said "kill all the lawyers kill em tonight". They are the ones that have started the I don't want to work for my living attitude.
Anyway, I guess what I am trying to say is that it isn't just the fire service that is suffering from all of this it is the US in general.
So why not take what you are saying and make our Houses the place where we begin to turn the tide. I can't think of a better way to start than through our traditions and the Brotherhood!
Be Safe Brother
Jun 27, 2008
Todd McKee
Jun 27, 2008
Anthony Avillo
glad you guys enjoyed it
was a little wierd doing it over the phone, but it was fun
prefer live interaction though
again, thanks
stay safe
Jun 27, 2008
Jim Duffy
The Brotherhood exists in all place and even all countries.
But much like a garden it needs to be nurtured and wateredwith our history and fertilized with our traditions.
It is up to the senior FFs & officers to instill this in the newer younger "different" ff we are brining aboard today. They are our future It is our fire service and it will be theirs. See Lasky's Pride & Ownership of the Job. It is your responsibility to pass this on.
Stay Safe and be a brother or Sister
Jun 27, 2008
Todd McKee
Jun 30, 2008
Robert Rhoades
Since I retired from the fire service in '92, I have continued to teach hazmat and a lot of rurual engine company operations. Hazmat training is much better now than in the beginning because we understand it better and have better equipment. In Ohio, I was part of a team of people who put together a new hazmat awareness and operations class combining Hazmat and WMD so that teh student only had to take one class. It was a good cross section of people meeting at the Ohio Fire Academy for over a year on the project. it included fire, law enforcement, public health, and public works. This class was submitted to US Homeland Security and received their blessing and approval. The manual can be downloaded from http://homelandsecurity.ohio.gov/firstresponders.htm
I spent six years as aa hazmat tech at the Division of Stat Fire Marshal and know the chanllenges that smaller departments have gone through keeping abreast of the hazmat problem.
I am now concerned with public health exercises and most recently pandemic flu. It will be a big challenge to all in the fire service if it happens just dealing with the lack of manpower Next year the Public Health Infrastructure Grant will be concerned with an "All Hazards" approach to exercises and I hope that the fire service partners with public health for these exercises. There is a lot to be learned on both sides.
Jul 3, 2008
Russ Griffith
STAY SAFE
Jul 4, 2008
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Jul 4, 2008
Todd McKee
Jul 5, 2008
Todd McKee
Jul 6, 2008
Dave Brasells
Jul 7, 2008
Todd McKee
Jul 7, 2008
Bill Duffell
Jul 7, 2008
Todd McKee
Jul 8, 2008
Diane Feldman
Jul 9, 2008
Ted R. Kolb
Respectfully,
Ted R. Kolb
Jul 9, 2008
Jetty Middelkoop
I sure like to be friends with a fellow hazmat officer!
Last mai I visited the US (Houston, TX) for the first time in my life: we studied the industrial safety structure of CIMA and some of its members, to see what we could learn from it. And we visited TEEX. To me that was the most interesting part of the trip. In our country there are not many places where you can train hazmat, and the possibilities on these locations - and partly also the hands-on practical knowledge of the trainers - are very limited. I would like to do some PRACTICAL hazmat training courses, given by teachers who have a lot of practical experience, but I do not know where I can learn most during the limited holidays I have. I hope you can advise me on this!
Jul 11, 2008
Todd McKee
TRAIN!
Jul 11, 2008
Todd McKee
Jul 12, 2008
Todd McKee
Jul 13, 2008