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Lives in:: Farmersville Texas

Department:: Wylie Fire-Rescue Wylie, Texas

Title/rank:: Fire Captain

Years of public service:: 17

Agency structure:: Paid fire department

Top issues in your department:: Training, rapid growth and the resulting youth of the department.

Professional Qualifications:: Master firefighter, certified as haz-mat tech., cause and origin investigator, intermediate instructor, fire inspector, and license paramedic. Associates degrees in fire administration and fire protection technology. Working on a Bachelors degree in Emergency Management from West Texas A&M University.

Topics you provide training for:: Firefighting, driver training, hazardous materials, search and rescue, Mayday, extrication, etc.

Areas of expertise:: Firefighting tactics, apparatus specification and maintenance.

Bio:: Began volunteering in Dallas County in 1992. Completed fire academy and EMT school the following year. Started in Wylie in 1994 as a firefighter and fire inspector. Promoted to Lt. in 1998 and Captain in 2001. Completed Associates degrees from Weatherford College in 2005. Currentl a shift captain on A shift station 2. Also over the fleet services division for the fire department.

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