Mike Biviano

Male

Cortland

United States

Profile Information:

Type of Organization

Fire/Rescue Department - Volunteer

Job Function

Assistant or Deputy Chief

Years in Fire/EMS:

10

Primary Fire/EMS Department:

Cortlandville Fire Department

Years With Department/Agency

11

Dept. Web Site:

http://www.cortlandvillefire.org

Other Past or Current Departments and Organizations

Bunk-in North Syracuse Fire Department 2000-2002
Bunk-in Liverpool FIre Department 2002-2003

My Training:

IFSTA Basic/Inter. Pump Ops, Truck Co. Ops, School Bus Rescue, EMT-D, F.A.S.T, Survival, ICS 100, 700, Intro to Fire Officer, M.C.T.O (managaing company tactical ops) Incident Safety officer, Response to Terriorism,A.V.E.T, Haz-mat IC, Sprinkler Systems wrk sp, PFI, FBAA, NIMS-100, 200, 300, 700...and many more

About Me:

Started with the Cortlandville Fire Department as a Jr. Firefighter at the age of 14, I then joined as a full fledged member at the age of 18 in 2000. I attended Onondaga Community College, where i studied fire science. While there i was a bunk-in member of North Syracuse and Liverpool Fire Departments. I returned to Cortlandville after college, and became Lt. of the Rescue squad. I served in that position for 2 years before becoming a fire line capt. I have held that position for the last 3 years.

Day Job:

Fire Protection Specialist Cornell University

Relationship Status:

Single

Why I Joined Fire/EMS

Family Tradition, pretty much born and raised in the fire service

Why I Love Fire/EMS

Doing the job!

Top Issues Facing Responders:

lack of manpower in the vol. depts and lack of funding in some of the paid depts to put on full staffing

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