Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

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Lives in:: Wasilla

Department:: Central Mat-Su & Greater Prudhoe Bay Station 2

Title/rank:: Captain

Years of public service:: 15

Agency structure:: Volunteer fire department

Top issues in your department:: Recruitment & Retention.....heard of this before?

Professional Qualifications:: A desire to serve without the expectations of reward.

Topics you provide training for:: Auto X and S-212 top two, firefighting and safety topics.

Areas of expertise:: The ability to tell a man to go to hell and such a way that he looks forward to making the trip.

Bio:: Timber faller for 15 years got into fire service in 92 with the Central Mat-Su Fire Dept, did two years at Alyeska Marine terminal as a FF/EMT. Work on the North Slope as a HSE Superintendent and served as a Captain on the Rescue Squad, then stepped down to FF (current). I am also currently a Captain at Station 61, EMT III, FFII, State Instructor, Rescue Trainer, Instructor in many Safety topics. 6 year Chapter President of the ASFA (retired), TERC regional judge.
Proud parent of Koby and Mackenzie, and husband to a vicious (but a babe to me) State Forestry Admin in Palmer.

Web site:: http://www1.matsugov.us/cmsfd

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