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My Training:: *Automobile Extrication - Tennessee Association of Rescue Squads
*Automobile Extrication - State Fire Academy of Mississippi
*FF100 & FF110 Firefighting - Tennessee Fire Service Codes Academy
*Incident Command System -Tennessee Hazardous Materials Institute
*Haz Mat, Operations Level - T.H.M.I.
*IS-700, IS-800
*Fire Instructor 1 - Tennessee Fire Service Codes Academy
*Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator I, II, & III - Tennessee Fire Service Codes Academy

About Me:: I joined our town’s volunteer fire department when I was 19. At the same age, I became one of the youngest to be automobile extrication certified by the Tennessee Association of Rescue Squads. At the age of 22, I successfully wrote my first grant to AFG, applying for a new 3,500 gallon Water Master Vacuum Service Tanker manufactured by Southern Fire Equipment in Laurel, MS. (877) – 808 – 5682 (http://www.southern-fire.com/). The following year I also applied and was awarded another AFG for $127,000 for equipment. Both grants did wonders for our department, not just for our ISO rating but even for the morale for our members. We are a small town that would have never been able to purchase state of the art equipment like we did, if not for the AFG program. At the age of 24 I became the youngest and only member to graduate from the new Tennessee Fire Service Codes Enforcement Academy, in Level 1 firefighting from Monteagle. I am the first and only current member in our department to be Haz-Mat operations Level certified by the T.H.M.I. I was also one of the first and youngest member in our county to be certified in the Incident Command System and in Haz-Mat Operations Level.

My Graduating Class 2006

Class Pays!

At 8:35pm on September 8, 2008, Marvin Hawk said…: I can email you or snail mail you a copy of NY State's Water Supply Operations manual if you would like. It contains some good information, on what it takes to supply a fire scene.

At 4:17pm on September 1, 2008, Frank Svitak said…: Our county just adopted a tender strike team S.O.G. E-mail me at fsvitak@comcast.net & I will e-mail you a copy in ms word format.

At 11:16am on September 10, 2007, Joe Totero said…: Hey, Brother! Hope all is going good for you. stay safe & sane!

At 4:22pm on September 9, 2007, Arnulfo Huerta said…: we have a 4000 gallon water master, and it has made a lot of diference for our department,the only problem is that you got to have a pond, or lake, close by to get water quick if not you're in trouble.
our tanker fills up in 3min. out of a pond with the floating strainer. please stay safe!!!!

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