Dave Dodson

Profile Information:

Years in Fire/EMS:
28
Other Past or Current Departments and Organizations
Retired: Spent time, through the ranks of Battalion Chief, with the U.S. Air Force, Parker (CO) Fire and Rescue, Loveland (CO) Fire and Rescue, and the Eagle River (CO) Fire Protection District.
My Training:
An exhaustive list that would bore you.
About Me:
25 years on the street. Now traveling and teaching firefighters - the reading smoke curriculum, first-due decision making, and incident safety stuff.
Relationship Status:
Other
Why I Joined Fire/EMS
Childhood Desire - grew up around fire engines
Why I Love Fire/EMS
The commitment to each other and those we serve.....
Top Issues Facing Responders:
Understanding and mastering the tactics for explosive fires in weak buildings - it ain't your daddy's fire anymore! Arbitrary aggressiveness must be replaced with intellectual aggressiveness.

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  • Jim Creech

    I'll be seeing you in Fort Wayne in a few weeks. Thank you soo much for coming here. Can't wait!!!

    Feb 3, 2009

  • T.J.

    HI Dave, I'm taking a fire officer class and we watched your "reading the smoke" lecture. What a great training. Do you put on classes or training about the reading smoke.

    Mar 9, 2009

  • Marty Rutledge

    Hi Dave! I'm in Antarctica and loving this gig. Whole different world (in many ways). I am teaching a lot of classes and would like to do some stuff about reading smoke. We are in winterover and can't receive any mail as there are no flights in or out. Do you have any resources online I can use? My capt. is way into reading smoke and I think I could switch them to Delmar and your text when the mail starts rolling again - I'm gonna hit up Delmar for some gratis texts. Anyway - gotta run. Check out myspace.com/mottyrutt for pics and blog. Let me know how you are doing...
    Marty

    Mar 30, 2009