Shawn

Male

New York, NY

United States

Profile Information:

Type of Organization
N/A
Job Function
Other
Years in Fire/EMS:
N/A
Primary Fire/EMS Department:
New York
Years With Department/Agency
N/A
Other Past or Current Departments and Organizations
-John Jay College of Criminal justice*

*Though the words "criminal justice" are in the title of the institution, it is generally a public safety-based educational institution that has fire science, EMT, social worker and various other social science-based academic majors.
My Training:
I'm a certified as a emergency first responder at the Operations level in the United States and Canada for HAZMAT/CBRN incidents. I have also taken numerous online courses provided by FEMA, CDC and John Hopkins school of Public Health and others pretaining to HAZMAT and CBRN.
About Me:
I'm now studying to become a hazardous waste technician or a spill response team member. I also hope to return to John Jay College sometime this year to finish my international criminal justice bachelors degree (minor in chemistry).

Though I do have some training and knowledge in the subject area of HAZMAT, I understand that I probably don't know as much as I think I do. I'm here because I am hoping to gain knowledge and advice from the first-hand experiences of actual technicians and specialists as well as to share ideas on discussion boards here.

My ultimate goal is to one day become a member of a HAZMAT team as a technician or perhaps even a specialist.

I also study for a lot of online CBRN and HAZMAT courses given by public universities and public health agencies.
Day Job:
Learner/Student
Top Issues Facing Responders:
-'Glow Trains': railway freight shipment of radioactive materials.

-Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear(CBRN) incidents

-Booby traps in clandestine drug and illicit CBRN laboratories

-Use of remote tactics (robots) in HAZMAT

-HAZMAT traffic incidents (both road and rail) involving improperly placarded vehicles or vehicles without any placards at all.

-Ethanol fires

-HAZMAT emergencies caused by natural disasters (i.e. the Japanese nuclear crisis as a result of March's earthquake and tusnami. The earthquake also caused a massive fire that erupted at the Cosmo oil refinery in Ichihara city. The fire burned unchecked for nearly a week because fire officials could not reach the facility as many of the roads leading to it had been washed out).

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7359275n#ixzz1QQ0zKIWh

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  • Joseph L. De Laura, jr.

    Shawn, I've added the latest adobe but I did not add the security addition the wanted me to have. This could be the reason. Thanks for the help.
    Some of the videos would be a great addition to the Junior Auxiliary/explorers that we have in the fire department.

    Aug 19, 2011

  • Mark Fuqua

    Hey Shawn, Thanks for comment on my photos.Hope you have a good weekend. "STAY SAFE AND KEEP IN TOUCH" P.S I like your photos and videos.

    Aug 20, 2011

  • Mark Fuqua

    Hey Shawn, Thanks for having me as a friend.Hope you have a good week."STAY SAFE AND KEEP IN TOUCH"

    Aug 22, 2011