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Lives in:: Natrona Heights

Department:: Harrison Hills

Title/rank:: Instructor

Years of public service:: 16

Agency structure:: Volunteer fire department

Top issues in your department:: Finding money for new apparatus and equipment and raising awareness in the community

Professional Qualifications:: Firefighter I and II
PA State Fire Instructor- Non suppression
CPR Instructor
BLS Instructor
EMT-B Currently working on acheiving paramedic

Topics you provide training for:: Technical rescue, new fire suppression equipment via hose loads and lays and different techniques

Areas of expertise:: Fire Suppression, Technical Rescue, Hazardous Materials, Vehicle Rescue

Bio:: Started out as a junior firefighter and learned from the guys in the firehouse as well as people around the world. I went out and seeked my Fire Instructor and am currently working on becoming a suppression instructor. I have supersucceded what the guys in my department expected and they now look to me for advise as i once looked at them. My belief that "Every day is a training day" is still today cause everything changes by the minuite and we can never know or learn enough if we know everything it is time to hang it up.

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