Emergency Preparedness Instructor

Are you looking for someone to help prepare your or your clients homes for a wildfire? Are you looking for someone to demonstrate your emergency service products or services and instruct your clients on how to use them? Are you looking for someone to work with your industrial safety teams? If so, then I am the one that can make that happen.

Experience:

Employment :
Year Agency City
2008-2009 California Department Of Forestry and Fire, MMU Merced, CA
As a Fire Officer one of my duties was to teach/train the paid-call firefighters assigned to my duty stations how to perform various fireline tasks and how to operate hand tools, power tools and fire apparatus. Was responcible for devolping training plans. I also co-taught first aid and wildland fire suppression tactics at the “PCF” academy.
2004-2008 Bright Hope Designs, Website Solutions Kelsey, Ca
Taught classes on introduction to the internet and basic website marketing. Worked with clients to help them understand how to use their website to grow their business. Also was a founding member of the Placerville chapter of LeTip, a business to business networking and leads group. While a LeTip member, I held the position of Mentor and was responsible for helping new members grow their business and learning how to find new business for other members. As a member I was also responsible for giving frequent talks about the internet, website marketing and other business topics.
1997-2009 Garden Valley Fire Protection District Garden Valley, CA
Adjunct instructor at the Divide volunteer fire academy. Assisted ROP instructor as needed. Mentored new volunteers on fire ground tactics, procedures, tools and equipment.
1990-2001 River City Communications; Sacramento CA;
While working as a journeyman installer, foreman and project manager, one of my duties was to provide on the job training for new apprentices. I demonstrated and instructed in standard industry practices as well as new innovations. I developed and presented topics for tailgate safety sessions. Taught first-aid classed at the IBEW union apprentice training center
1990-1994 Corporate Training Services Sacramento CA
Corporate and Industrial safety and first aid instructor; Industrial rescue instructor; Power tower and confined space rescue instructor. Clients included PGE’s ENCON (Engineering and Construction) Division
1974-1986 Living History Center Novato, CA
As part of my duties; gave rural event safety lectures; Taught classes in heat illness prevention, first aid, fire safety, and fire suppression; Developed curriculum for fire suppression tactics training; Trained event fire crews; Trained event security personnel in crowd control tactics, EMS and fire response procedures.
Skills I possess relating to the position
  • Emergency Incident Commander
  • Emergency Incident Worker
  • Fire Ground Operations
  • Large Project Administrator and Crew Supervisor
  • Knowledge of New Building Construction
  • Industrial Safety
  • Public Safety Trainer
  • Public Speaker
  • Decision making especially in emergency situations
  • Inter-agency Cooperator
  • Public Relations
  • Crisis resolution and Conflict Mediation
  • Analysis and Troubleshooting
  • Mentor
  • Good Communications (written and verbal) skills
  • Experienced Computer User including Word, Excel, Email, Internet and Social Media/Networking
Education
A.S. Degree: Administration of Justice. Santa Rosa Junior College; Deans High Honors
  • California EMT1D (since 1977)
  • CSFM Firefighter 1 and 2
  • CalFire Company Officer Academy (COA)
  • Incident Management 1 and 2
  • CalFire Supervision 2
  • FSTEP Basic Pump Operations
  • CSFM Driver Operator 1A/1B
  • HazMat First Responder Operational Decon
  • CSFM Low Angle Rope Rescue Operational
  • CSFM Auto Extrication
  • CSFM Command 1C
  • ICS I-100/200/220/300/700a/800b/802
  • S130/S131 Basic & Advanced Wildland Firefighter
  • S190/S290 Beginning/Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior
  • L-180 Human Factors on the Fire Line
  • S-200 Incident Commander Type 4
  • S-212 Wildland Fire Chain Saw
  • S-215 Fire Ops in the Wildland/Urban Interface
  • S-231 Engine Boss
  • FSTEP River & Floodwater Rescue Awareness
  • Modular Emergency Radiological Response Transportation Training (MERRETT) cert.
Awards received
  • 2006 California State Firefighters Association Medal of Valor
  • 2006 El Dorado County EMSA “EMS Week Special Recognition Award”