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Lives in:: Melfa Virginia

Department:: Fairfax County Virginia FRD

Title/rank:: Captain, retired

Years of public service:: 34 on the job

Agency structure:: Combination fire department

Top issues in your department:: Life safety - our own and those we serve.

Making sure that everyone goes home and that each member of the department knows it is his /her job to make safety of themselves and ours the number one job.

Professional Qualifications:: NFPA FO III, Fire - EMS Instructor, ICS 300-400 Trainer, MCI Instructor, HSEEP evalutor

Topics you provide training for:: Tabletop Command Training- Portable on all aspects of emergency service response. Highway safety, Fire Operations, Mass Casualty, Emergency Mgt- response , recovery, Law Enforcement, Unified and Area Command etc.

Areas of expertise:: Major emergency planning, response and recovery exercises and drills, ICS instruction- tabletop and hands on. Simple day to day command and control training. A Resource leader not an expert- still in the rookie mode of learning new things and converting those things to meaningful training experiences.

Bio:: Been there, seen it, heard of it, created some things, and made few mistakes along the way, burned a few building down quicker than most, saved a few people, helped a few folks reduce a lot of potential long term disabilities from injuries and trauma and delivered a few babies ( not my own), and most importantly I have NEVER forgotten what and where I learned the craft of fire fighting from- "the officers and firefighters I grew up with in the fire service since 1968 and from their sharing of experience and wisdom at the kitchen table!"

Web site:: http://ics-toolbox.com

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At 7:52pm on May 31, 2008, Christopher Naum, SFPE said…: Hi Tom;
Just dropped in to say hello and wish you well...

Chris

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