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"Leading by example" may be a cliche, but if you don't exemplify what you want people to do, they won't do it. Micheal Abrashoff "It's Our Ship"

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Lives in:: Indianapolis, IN

Department:: Decatur Township

Title/rank:: Battalion Chief

Years of public service:: 30+

Agency structure:: Combination fire department

Top issues in your department:: Money Money Money Money Training SOP/SOG

Professional Qualifications:: FFI/II, FFNREMT-P, INST II/III, INVST II, FOFF I, HAZMT TECH, BS FIRESAFETY ENGINEERING @ U CIN,

Topics you provide training for:: ENGINE COMPANY OPS, HAZMAT, BUILDING CONSTRUCT, RIT, FINACIAL PEACE UNIV. PUMP OPS

Areas of expertise:: RAISING CHILDREN, DRIVER OPS, HAZMAT, ICS, AUTOMATION CONTROLS, FIRE SCIENCE

Bio:: STARTED FIRE SERVIE IN 1976 AS VOLUNTEER WITH LOCAL FIRE DEPT AND RESCUE SQUAD. 1983 JOINED US AIRFORCE FIRE PROTECTION SPECIALIST AND TECH TRAINING INSTRUCTOR 1995 JOINED DECATUR TWP FIRE AS VOLUNTEER AND IN 2000 HIRED ON AS CAREER. 1992 TO 2009 WORK WITH ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION CONTROLS FOR MANUFACTURE INDUSTRY.

Web site:: http://www.decaturfire.org

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At 9:39pm on April 6, 2009, Tom Anderson said…: Hi Bill, Yeah I loved the P-19 also. Very agile. Love Indianoplis Used to go down there for seminars. Several of us made a dent in that town a few times.

At 9:55am on February 16, 2009, Brandon Krause said…: Bill, Thanks for the infor about UC, I did look extensivly at thier website and found alot of good information there. Thanks alot!

At 11:34pm on February 2, 2009, Brandon Krause said…: Bill, I am thinking about entering in to the UofC program, can you give me any info as to what i might expect, cost, length of program, and so on. Anything will help! Thanks, Brandon

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