My Firefighter Nation
Joseph Chandler
Male
Jackson, South Carolina
United States
Profile Information:
- Type of Organization
- Fire/Rescue Department - Paid
- Job Function
- Firefighter / Paramedic (or Other ALS)
- Years in Fire/EMS:
- 30 Plus
- Primary Fire/EMS Department:
- Savannah River Site Fire Dept.
- Other Past or Current Departments and Organizations
- Bath Fire Dept.
Waterloo Fire Dept. (Lt. over Rescue)
Aiken Public Safety
Jackson Fire Dept. (Firefighter - Chaplain)
Aiken County EMS (Asst. Shift Manager)
Aiken Rescue Squad
Jackson First Alert Rescue Squard (Director)
Emergency Services Chaplaincy (Chaplain)
Aiken County Sheriff Office (Reserve Deputy Sheriff) - My Training:
- I have over 30 years experience with the Fire & Emergency Services and I have been in the ordained and in the ministry of some type for over 10 years with a combination of pastoral and chaplain positions. I have completed a variety of Emergency Responder training since starting in the fire & emergency response field in 1978. Below are listed just a few of them.
SLED/SC Criminal Justice Academy: Class 3 Law Enforcement certification from the State of South Carolina.
IFSAC/DOD and or South Carolina Fire Academy: Fire Fighter I & II, Driver/Operator Pumper, Driver/Operator Aerial, Haz-Mat Awareness, Haz-Mat Operations, Haz-Mat Technician. Fire Officer I, Instructor I
South Carolina Fire Academy: Incident Safety Officer and Certified Interior Structural Firefighter
National Fire Academy: Health and Safety Officer, Leadership I: Strategies for the Company Officer, Leadership II: Strategies for Personal Success, Arson Detection for First Responders, Fire Service Supervision
FEMA : Emergency Response to Terrorism, Radiological Emergency Management, Emergency Program Manager, Emergency Management USA, Disaster Basics, Intro to the Incident Command System, ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents, National Incident Management System an Introduction, National Response Plan an Introduction, Hazardous Material for Medical Personnel, Introduction to Community Emergency Response Team
Other Fire and EMS: South Carolina Advanced Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic
Instructor – Fire, First Responder, First Aid & CPR
Related Courses from College: Disaster and Fire Defense Planning, Intro to Public Administration, Public Personnel Management, Police Administration and Operations, Terrorism
International Critical Incident Stress Foundation: Critical Incident Stress Management - Basic, Critical Incident Stress Management - Advanced, & Pastoral Crisis Intervention
Master’s Divinity School of Chaplaincy:
Completion of the Chaplaincy Training Program. Certificate of Ministerial License (2001)
Ministerial Ordinations: Ordination with the Missionary Church International (1995). Licensed Messianic Minister (2000) with the Messianic Bureau International. Ordained as a Messianic Minister with the Messianic Israel Alliance (Spring 2001). Messianic Rabbi (Fall 2001) with Tel Aviv Messianic Fellowship. - About Me:
- I have worked in the Emergency Services field for over 30 years. As far as education outside of my Fire and EMS training, I have completed an Associate in Science in Criminal Justice in 1983. I completed a General Bible Course Diploma from a Bible Institute in 1990. Then on to complete a Bachelor of Theology in 1991, a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies in 1996, and a Doctorate in Practical Ministry in Chaplaincy in 2001. I also went back to Liberty University received a Bachelor of Science in Multidisciplinary Studies (Cum Laude) with minors in Criminal Justice and Social Science in 2008.
- Day Job:
- Paramedic Firefighter
- Relationship Status:
- Married
- Facebook or Other Online Profile:
- http://www.simplechurch.com/profile/JosephChandler
- Why I Joined Fire/EMS
- It was natural to help those in need.
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