CURRENT POSITIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Florida State Fire Marshals Office, Committee for Florida Association of Search and Rescue FASAR, District 7 (Dade and Broward) Representative

Member of the US&R Florida Task Force 2: Rescue Team Manager, Squad Officer, Safety Officer

FL TF 2 Rescue Team Manager
FL TF 2 Squad Officer
FL TF 2 Safety Officer
FL TF 2 Training Committee/Instructor

Responsible for training Urban Search and Rescue personnel within FLORIDA TASK FORCE 2 in Rope Rescue, Confined Space Rescue, Structural Collapse/Emergency Building Shoring Operations, Trench Rescue Operations, Concrete breaching and breaking/lifting and moving and swift water rescue operations.

Deployments:

Humberto Vidal Collapse - San Juan, Puerto Rico - November 1996, Rescue Squad Safety Officer, Night Operations.

Summer Olympics - Atlanta, Georgia - July, 1996, Rescue Squad Officer & Training Instructor.

Hurricane Opal - Florida Panhandle - October 1995, Rescue Squad Officer.

World Trade Center - N.Y., N.Y.- September 2001, Rescue Team Manager.

Hurricane Charley - Punta Groda, Florida- September 2004 , Rescue Team Manager

Fire Lieutenant, Paramedic, Technical Rescue Team Coordinator for Broward County Fire Rescue, Broward County, Florida Coordinator of Broward Regional Technical Rescue Operations Program.

Coordinator of Broward County Fire Rescue Department Technical Operations Program.

Developed course outlines and provide advanced training to Fire Rescue personnel involved with the Technical Rescue Team Operations of Broward County fire Rescue Department.

Supervise a 105 Ladder truck which responds to fire and medical alarm assignments within Broward County, Florida.

Provide advanced life support and emergency medical treatment to patients in need.

Coordinator for South Florida Regional Technical Rescue Team Operations Training Programs

Responsible for securing state E.M.S. grant funding for Technical Rescue Team Operations.

CURRENT TEACHING/INSTRUCTOR EXPERIENCE:

Lead Instructor for Building Collapse and Emergency Shoring Operations Program South Carolina Fire Academy, Charleston, South Carolina.

Contracted by United States Navy to provide training to United States Navy (Damage Control) firefighters and Construction Battalion (Sea-Bees) personnel in Confined Space Entry Rescue Operations and Emergency Shoring Operations - AUTEC - Andros Island, Bahamas and N.A.S. - Naples, Italy.

Lead Instructor of Special Operations Program - South Tech Fire Academy, Boynton Beach, Florida.

Lead Instructor of Special Operations Programs - Broward Fire Academy, Davie, Florida.

H.O.T. instructor for F.D.I.C. teaching Collapse shoring operations

H.O.T. instructor for F.D.I.C. teaching rope rescue operations



EDUCATION:

Texas TF 1 Rescue Specialist - Texas A&M University, 2001

F.E.M.A. Rescue Specialist -Train the Trainer, Rockville, Maryland, 1999

State of Florida - Trench Rescue Technician, 1997.

F.E.M.A. Rescue Specialist, Rockville, Maryland, 1997.

ROCO Rescue School - Rope Rescue & Confined Space Rescue Operations 1993.

CMC Rescue School for Rope Rescue and Emergency Shoring Operations 1993.

State of Florida - Certified Paramedic, 1990.

State of Florida, Certified Fire Instructor, May 1988.

State of Florida, Certified Fire Officer Certification, May 1988.

Broward Community College, Fire Science Certificate Program, 1988.

Broward Fire Academy, Certified Firefighter, 1981.

State University of New York, A.A.S. Building Construction, 1978.

Brighton High School, Rochester, New York, 1976.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

August 1991 - Present - Broward County Fire Rescue, Broward County, Florida Lieutenant, Paramedic, Coordinator of Technical Rescue Operations.

September 1987 - President - Broward County Fire Academy, Davie, Florida Special Operations, Technical Rescue Programs Lead Instructor.

September 1992 - school closing August 1998 - South Tech Fire Academy, Boynton Beach, Florida Special Operations, Technical Rescue Programs Lead Instructor.

February 1982-August 1991 - City of Oakland Park Fire Department, Oakland Park, Florida. Fire Lieutenant.