Chuck French

Male

Owasso, OK

United States

Profile Information:

Department:: Tulsa Fire Dept
Title/rank:: Captain
Years of public service:: 11
Agency structure:: Paid fire department
Top issues in your department:: Fire Based EMS
Training
Budget Constraints
Apparatus Safety
Accountability (Personal and Professional)
Physical Fitness
Professional Qualifications:: Masters Degree in Fire and Emergency Management
Instructor I & II
Firefighter I & II
Fire Officer I
EMT Basic
Topics you provide training for:: Ropes, Confined Space, Trench, Structural Collapse, Vehicle Extrication, Industrial Rescue.
Areas of expertise:: Technical Rescue
Fire/EMS
Bio:: Hired on in 1998, Fire Fighter Combat Challenge team 1998 and 1999, promoted to Driver FEO in 2004. Promoted to Captain 2006. Currently serve as an Instructor for Oklahoma State University/ Fire Service Training (OSU/FST). Served on the departments mentoring committee, emergency operations guideline committee, and currently serve as a chief's aid. Listed in Cambridges's who's who in 2007 among Business and Organizational professionals. I also serve on the dept's CID team and as a TFL with OK-TF1. March 1st 2009 I'll be the new Captain at Station 4 on the Technical Rescue team.