Fire Engineering Training Community
Tim Zehnder
56, Male
McCook Nebraska
United States
Profile Information:
- Lives in:
- McCook Nebraska
- Department:
- McCook Fire
- Title/rank:
- Firefighter
- Years of public service:
- 23
- Agency structure:
- Combination fire department
- Top issues in your department:
- I see all types of issues with what I do, bigest being lack of training in small depts. They don't think it will happen them so the training has not been a top issue with their departments.
- Professional Qualifications:
- EMT , Trench Tech., Rope Tech., Fire Inst. I Fire Fighter I & II
- Topics you provide training for:
- All
- Areas of expertise:
- RIT Firefighter Survival are my passion, and EXPERT is not the word I would use. I feel I am always a student and if you stop learning it is time to get out.
- Bio:
- I have been in the fire service since 1990. I am the Director of Fire Science at McCook Community College. We provide fire training and consultation to fire departments in the upper mid west. I am a firefighter with the McCook Fire Department. I retired from the Truman Fire & Rescue Dept. since after 21 years. I have also work for the US Forest service as a Squad Boss in Idaho. I have been teaching fire training for the past 18 years with a great amount of time spent on RIT and Firefighter Self Surival. I am the State Advocate for the Everyone goes home program. I have 3 girls ages 17, 13 and 8 they keep me running. I am a hunting Freak and love the outdoors.
Mike Swartzer
Also thank you for a good Fire School down in Mankato.. classes were great again
Mar 26, 2009
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Apr 20, 2009
Michael Dombroski
Sorry to take so long to reply. I somehow have two members profiles on this and can't seen to get rid of one. I don't hunt myself, but know heaps of people that do. If you ever think about coming over here to NZ be sure to get in touch and I'll jack you up with the right contacts.
Cheers
Mike D
Jul 28, 2009