Richard Anderson

Male

West Amwell, New Jersey

United States

Profile Information:

Type of Organization
Industrial/Institutional, N/A
Job Function
President / Administrator / Commissioner, Retired
Years in Fire/EMS:
Since 1973
Dept. Web Site:
http://www.andersonmanning.net
Web Site:
http://www.andersonriskconsultants.com
Other Past or Current Departments and Organizations
Woodbridge Twp, N.J. (District 12) Colonia Fire Department
Woodbridge Twp Haz Mat ERU
Merck & Co. Fire Department
My Training:
New Jersey Certified Fire and Hazardous Material Instructor
Certified Arson Investigator
Certified Fire Protection Specialist
Certified Business Continuity Professional
Loss Control Specialist
Middlesex County College Fire Science
About Me:
I had the priviledge of serving as the program director for the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation’s Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives Program known nationally as the “Everyone Goes Home” program for three years. I was responsible for direction of the projects aimed at the implementation of the 16 firefighter initiatives designed to reduce firefighter line-of-duty deaths. I was also priviledged to serve on the Board of Directors for the International Association Fire Chief Safety and Health Section. I currently serve on Industrial Fire and Safety Section, New Jersey Society of Fire Service Instructors and I am member of the IAFC Life Safety Section. I also serve on two NFPA technical committees: Disaster/Emergency Management & Business Continuity and Laboratories Handling Chemicals, and immediate past chair the NFPA Executive Committee for the Lodging Industry Section. I was recently selected to revise two chapters in the twentieth edition of the world renowned NFPA Fire Protection Handbook.

I worked in the Pharmaceutical industry for 34 years serving as Industrial Fire Chief /Emergency Response Coordinator in manufacturing operations and as Corporate Staff, as Senior Fire Protection Engineer, and Global Program Lead for Life Safety-Loss Prevention-Emergency/Crisis Management. I also was Director of Training for Woodbridge Township and Middlesex County Fire Academy; a chief Fire Officer of Colonia ( District 12) Fire Department, Woodbridge Township for eight years. I served as the first Chief of the Woodbridge Township Hazardous Material Emergency Response Unit. I am a Certified Fire Protection Specialist; N.J., State Certified Fire Inspector Investigator, and Fire and Hazardous Material Instructor. I am also on the New Jersey Division of Fire Safety Training and Education Advisory Committee and President of Anderson Media Group, and Anderson Risk Consultants. We recently conducted a Safety Survey of Miami Dade and Tampa Fire and Rescue Departments.
Day Job:
Consultant
Relationship Status:
Married
Why I Joined Fire/EMS
Career
Why I Love Fire/EMS
The brotherhood, and sense of purpose
Top Issues Facing Responders:
The number #1 issue is being able to survive the job and to tell the great stories of our adventures to our grandchildren and anyone else who will listen ! There is tremendous peer pressure to stay the course that has resulted in over 100 of our brothers and sisters not being making it. However, change is in the air, a change that adds everyone goes home to the mission of saving lives and property. Because at the end of a day at the end of a call everyone has the right to go home. That's what it is really all about.

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  • Bombero

    Hey Richard,
    John Price from California.
    Fancy meeting you here...I was just up from a fire...googled a firefighter safety question and was directed to the FFN website for a forum answer..
    Griggs and I gave a CTBS presentation to a local OC department today. It went well. Slowly getting things together to get on the road in Calif for course delivery. Can't be sure I'll figure out how to get back to this place...but hope to chat with you sometime...

    WOW: Didn't know you were so busy (NFPA) on top of all you're doing with EGH

    May 6, 2008

  • Tim Meckler # 575

    Hi Chief, How is everything up north. Things here look bad! Got this web site sent to me so I joined. Looking through NJ and ran into you. E-mail still the same at work and at my PART time job it's tmeckler@iselinfire.org Where I'm a Deputy Fire Marshal. The town's introuble now, I work for Hager from Cranford. Hope to here from you soon. Tim

    May 21, 2008

  • Christopher J. Naum, SFPE

    Hey Chief;
    Just a quick note to say hello...hope all is well and hope our paths cross in the near future. Chris

    Nov 24, 2008