Jim Duffy

Profile Information:

Lives in:

Durham CT

Department:

Wallingford Fire Department

Title/rank:

Shift Commander

Years of public service:

30+

Agency structure:

Combination fire department

Top issues in your department:

Staffing
Budget
Paramedic shortage

Professional Qualifications:

see BIO

Topics you provide training for:

Safety
Prevention Intervention
Rit
FF1- 2
SCBA
Command & Control
What do you need

Bio:

Jim Duffy has been a firefighter for over 30 years, a career firefighter for 20, and has served as Shift Commander in the Wallingford Fire Department since the year 2000. He Started, and is an ex-captain with the Mineola FD on Long Island in NY. He is nationally certified Fire Instructor. Duffy lectures extensively throughout Connecticut and New York on a variety of firefighting subjects; Jim is also an adjunct instructor for Middlesex County Regional Fire School. Jim is a member of Ricci Associates and is on the peer review board for firefightersafety.net. Shift Commander Duffy is a co-author for several articles published in firefighter trade magazines both in Canada and the U.S., as well as several DVDs available at Fire Engineering books & videos, including the best-selling Tactical perspective series. He was the Division Chief in charge of the Yale School of Medicine Survivability study on the Last Chance SCBA Backup Filter. Jim co-hosts “Fireground Strategies and other Stuff from the Street”, with Anthony Avillo on Fire Engineering Talk Radio. Jim can be contacted at Shift1Commander@comcast.net

Web site:

http://www.WallingfordFire.com

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