EXPERIENCE:
Fire Department of the City of New York
Firefighter, First grade
Retired December 30, 2003 after 28 years of proud service
Assigned to Rescue 3 for 18 years

Fire Department of the City of New York
Certified Instructor, Division of Training
Technical Rescue Training Operations

Montgomery (NY) Fire Department
Assistant Chief, volunteer fire department 10 years

Collapse Rescue Systems
Instructor of Technical Rescue Operations

FEMA US&R, New York Task Force One
Member

Firehouse Magazine
Site Coordinator for Hands on Training Conferences

Fire Department Instructor Conference (FDIC)
HOT (Hands on training) Instructor at National Conferences

New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control
Adjunct Instructor of Technical Rescue Operations


CERTIFICATIONS ATTAINED:
NYS/C Standard Instructor Certification Level I
NYS/C Instructor of Rescue Heavy Rigging Operations
NYS/C Instructor of Basic Structural Collapse: Operations
NYS/C Instructor of Medium Construction Related to Building Failure
NYS/C Instructor of Medium Structural Collapse Operations: Void Search & Rescue
NYS/C Instructor of Basic Trench Collapse
NYS/C Instructor of Basic Trench Collapse Concepts
NYS/C Instructor of Rescue Operations II - Confined Space
NYS/C Instructor of Confined Space: Awareness & Safety
NYS/C Instructor of Confined Space: Vertical Removal
NYS/C Instructor of Technical Rope Rescue: Basic
NYS/C Instructor of Exterior Shoring
NYS Instructor of Initial Fire Attack
NYS Instructor of Accident Victim Extrication
NYS Instructor of Aircraft Fire & Rescue
NYC Building Construction & Stabilization
NYC Instructor of Interior Shoring
NYC Educational Methodology I
National Advanced Training in Critical Incident Stress Debriefing & Post Trauma Syndromes

TRAINING EXERCISES INSTRUCTED:
June 2005 FDIC West:
Void Search/Building Collapse/Shoring

May 2005 Atlanta Metro Area: Georgia Search & Rescue
Rescue Technician Level I
Concrete Breaking and Breaching/Heavy Rigging/Interior
Exterior Shoring/Void Search/Victim Removal