Type of Organization

Other Response Agency Type

Job Function

President / Administrator / Commissioner, Other Emergency Services Staff

Years in Fire/EMS:

31 years

Primary Fire/EMS Department:

West Palm Beach, Florida

Years With Department/Agency

7

My Training:

Vol FF, State Fire Instructor, Fire Command Ops, Haz Mat Tech, Driver Engineer, EVOC, EMT, ICS 100, 200, 300, 400, 700, 703, 800, Vol Adminstrator, etc.

About Me:

Shifted from Fire Service to Emergency Management in 1999 following Hurricane Floyd. At that time, I was appointed by the Bahamian Prime Minister to be the Incident Commander for the multi national response effort for the Cat 5 Strike of Floyd. Since then, I have served as a Strike Team Leader, Donations Coordinator, Volunteer Coordinator, and Task Force Leader in a variety of large scale disaster repsonses. I was recently credentialed as a Florida Professional Emergency Manager and have introduced a large Task Force concept to FEMA which now has been published in a NIMS Alert for consideration as a new concept to disaster response.

Day Job:

Manager - Disaster Solutions

Relationship Status:

Married

Why I Joined Fire/EMS

Started in Volunteer Fire position in 1976

Why I Love Fire/EMS

public service