RZ Fortner
EF0
Full time Law Enforcement and Firefighter. Law Enforcement for almost 10 years last 5 as K9. Firefighter for 12 years. Way to many certifications to count or name. Out of Tennessee.
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First responder roll call!
- Thread starter Justin Allen
- Start date
I forgot about this thread. I retired from the fire service earlier this year and my medical license is due to expire at the end of the year. I’ll still help whenever I can, just not with the piles of liability potentially attached to it.
I’d just like to extend a sincere thank you to everyone still responding no matter the time or the day. You are very much appreciated. My name can officially be taken off the list.
I’d just like to extend a sincere thank you to everyone still responding no matter the time or the day. You are very much appreciated. My name can officially be taken off the list.
Warren Faidley
Supporter
And thank you very much.
Randy Denzer
EF2
Battalion Chief - Battalion 2 B Shift, Austin, Texas
Texas Commission on Fire Protection Certifications
Incident Commander
Fire Officer IV (TEEX/Pro Board, February 2017)
Master Instructor III (May 2017)
Master Firefighter (December 2016)
Incident Safety Officer (February 2016)
Fire Inspector – basic (June 2012)
ARFF – basic IFSAC (April 2016)
Wildland Firefighter – intermediate (September 2013)
Driver/operator – pumper (August 2005)
Department of State Health Services Certs
Emergency Medical Technician – Basic (May 1997)
EMT Instructor Certification – (June 2003)
FEMA National Incident Management System Certs
All required training through ICS 400 level
Blue Card Incident Commander (February, 2019)
O-305 USFA Type 3 Incident Management Team Training (July 2019)
National Wildfire Coordination Group (NWCG) certifications (17 certifications to include 482 hours of training)
s130/190 Basic Wildland Firefighter (40 hrs, July 1998)
g130/190 Basic Wildland Firefighter (crosswalk version 2011)
s131 Advanced Wildland Firefighter (8 hrs, October 2007)
g131 Advanced Wildland Firefighter (crosswalk version)
s133 Look up, Look Down, Look Around (8 hrs, October 2008)
s200 Initial Attack Incident Commander (16 hrs, October 2019)
s212 Chainsaw operations (32 hrs, October 2013)
s215 WUI Operations (24 hrs, Oct 2009)
s230 Single Resource Boss
g231 Engine Boss (crosswalk version)
s231 Engine Boss (24 hrs, October 2007)
s234 Ignition operations (24 hrs, October 2011)
s244 Field Observer (24 hrs, October 2013)
s270 Basic Air Operations 16 hrs, April 2013)
s290 Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior
RX310 Introduction to fire effects (40 hrs, February 2011, Raleigh, NC)
s330 Task Force / Strike Team Leader (24 hrs, Oct 2008)
s339 Division / Group Supervisor (24 hrs, October 2014)
s390 Wildland Fire Behavior Calculations (40 hrs, October 2013, Boise, ID)
Texas Forest Service / TIFMAS Qualifications
Strike Team Leader
Engine Boss
American Meteorological Society (2018 – present) Member of the Ad Hoc Wildland Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk committee
IAFF Wildfire Taskforce committee member, Washington DC (2014- present)
Responding to the Interface Design team/Admin
Texas Commission on Fire Protection Certifications
Incident Commander
Fire Officer IV (TEEX/Pro Board, February 2017)
Master Instructor III (May 2017)
Master Firefighter (December 2016)
Incident Safety Officer (February 2016)
Fire Inspector – basic (June 2012)
ARFF – basic IFSAC (April 2016)
Wildland Firefighter – intermediate (September 2013)
Driver/operator – pumper (August 2005)
Department of State Health Services Certs
Emergency Medical Technician – Basic (May 1997)
EMT Instructor Certification – (June 2003)
FEMA National Incident Management System Certs
All required training through ICS 400 level
Blue Card Incident Commander (February, 2019)
O-305 USFA Type 3 Incident Management Team Training (July 2019)
National Wildfire Coordination Group (NWCG) certifications (17 certifications to include 482 hours of training)
s130/190 Basic Wildland Firefighter (40 hrs, July 1998)
g130/190 Basic Wildland Firefighter (crosswalk version 2011)
s131 Advanced Wildland Firefighter (8 hrs, October 2007)
g131 Advanced Wildland Firefighter (crosswalk version)
s133 Look up, Look Down, Look Around (8 hrs, October 2008)
s200 Initial Attack Incident Commander (16 hrs, October 2019)
s212 Chainsaw operations (32 hrs, October 2013)
s215 WUI Operations (24 hrs, Oct 2009)
s230 Single Resource Boss
g231 Engine Boss (crosswalk version)
s231 Engine Boss (24 hrs, October 2007)
s234 Ignition operations (24 hrs, October 2011)
s244 Field Observer (24 hrs, October 2013)
s270 Basic Air Operations 16 hrs, April 2013)
s290 Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior
RX310 Introduction to fire effects (40 hrs, February 2011, Raleigh, NC)
s330 Task Force / Strike Team Leader (24 hrs, Oct 2008)
s339 Division / Group Supervisor (24 hrs, October 2014)
s390 Wildland Fire Behavior Calculations (40 hrs, October 2013, Boise, ID)
Texas Forest Service / TIFMAS Qualifications
Strike Team Leader
Engine Boss
American Meteorological Society (2018 – present) Member of the Ad Hoc Wildland Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk committee
IAFF Wildfire Taskforce committee member, Washington DC (2014- present)
Responding to the Interface Design team/Admin
Warren Faidley
Supporter
That's impressive. Thanks for your service.
Mitchell Smith
Enthusiast
Hey! Paramedic from Calgary, Alberta.
Mike Thornton
EF1
Assistant Director at Latimer County Emergency Management.
Former volunteer at Tillman County Emergency Management
Emergency Management Graduate
Disaster preparedness speaker of 5 years.
Former volunteer at Tillman County Emergency Management
Emergency Management Graduate
Disaster preparedness speaker of 5 years.
fyrfyter
EF0
Firefighter for the last 21 years, also Paramedic for 17 years.
Fire Instructor, Cont Ed Instructor, Fire Inspector, Incident Safety Officer, CPR Instructor, Fire Officer I, Lots of ICS/NIMS, AAS in Fire Science, ATS in EMS Technology, BS in Fire and Safety Engineering Technology, National Fire Academy Managing Officer Program graduate.
I work full time for a Fire Department in suburb of Cincinnati, OH.
Fire Instructor, Cont Ed Instructor, Fire Inspector, Incident Safety Officer, CPR Instructor, Fire Officer I, Lots of ICS/NIMS, AAS in Fire Science, ATS in EMS Technology, BS in Fire and Safety Engineering Technology, National Fire Academy Managing Officer Program graduate.
I work full time for a Fire Department in suburb of Cincinnati, OH.
Matt Zumbrunn
EF1
Been in the game since 2002. I have an AAS in fire science. Spent 5 years as a Firefighter/EMT-I at a combination Fire/EMS department. Also 5 years as a USFWS firefighter. Then a few on an industrial fire brigade, and now I just volunteer. I have a pile of quals a few highlights:
Firefighter 1 and 2,
Driver Operator/Pumper
Hazmat Tech
Swiftwater Rescue Tech advances
Fire Inspector
Confined Space Rescue Tech
Prehospital trauma life support
Firefighter Type 2
Firefighter Type1/ICT5
ENOP
Faller B
ATV Operator
A pile of other classes and quals I don't remember, espcially wildand (there were some incident business classes, etc in there). I let my EMT certification go a few years ago due to lack of use. Wish I would've kept it as I could use it again. May go back and get EMR or something along those lines.
Firefighter 1 and 2,
Driver Operator/Pumper
Hazmat Tech
Swiftwater Rescue Tech advances
Fire Inspector
Confined Space Rescue Tech
Prehospital trauma life support
Firefighter Type 2
Firefighter Type1/ICT5
ENOP
Faller B
ATV Operator
A pile of other classes and quals I don't remember, espcially wildand (there were some incident business classes, etc in there). I let my EMT certification go a few years ago due to lack of use. Wish I would've kept it as I could use it again. May go back and get EMR or something along those lines.
ericjkelly
EF4
Hey Crew! Volunteer Fire Fighter (Wildland Red Card) and EMT Basic here
L Marshall
Enthusiast
Retired flight paramedic. 15 years on the streets of Winston Salem and Charlotte NC. 15 in the air and in the hospital.baptist hospital. Retired living full time in wilmington and getting ready for tropical season. My undergrad is was a chemistry degree with an earth science minor
Brock T Austin
Enthusiast
From Jackson, Missouri. I've been in the fire service going on six years:
Career: Driver/Operator, Cape Girardeau Fire Department, 3.5 years
Volunteer: Captain: Gordonville Fire Protection District, 5.75 years
Specialty: Member of Missouri Region E Homeland Security Response Team
Certs (main ones):
IFSAC Firefighter I&II
IFSAC Hazmat Awareness and Operations
IFSAC Fire Service Instructor I
IFSAC Driver/Operator Ch. 4
IFSAC Driver/Operator Pumper
IFSAC Technical Rescue Ch. 5 and Rope 1
FEMA Emergency Management Professional Development Series
Structural Collapse: Initial Response
EMT-B
Currently completing IFSAC Fire Officer 1
Currently enrolled at Columbia Southern University for B.A. Fire Administration/Fire Investigation
Career: Driver/Operator, Cape Girardeau Fire Department, 3.5 years
Volunteer: Captain: Gordonville Fire Protection District, 5.75 years
Specialty: Member of Missouri Region E Homeland Security Response Team
Certs (main ones):
IFSAC Firefighter I&II
IFSAC Hazmat Awareness and Operations
IFSAC Fire Service Instructor I
IFSAC Driver/Operator Ch. 4
IFSAC Driver/Operator Pumper
IFSAC Technical Rescue Ch. 5 and Rope 1
FEMA Emergency Management Professional Development Series
Structural Collapse: Initial Response
EMT-B
Currently completing IFSAC Fire Officer 1
Currently enrolled at Columbia Southern University for B.A. Fire Administration/Fire Investigation
I don’t want to be a killjoy here, but I’m kind of thinking the listing of every certificate you’ve ever received here probably isn’t necessary. I recently retired from the fire service and just because I’m an old guy who had been around a long time, I accumulated a ton of certificates along the way. Most of them were BS from classes I sat through and managed to stay awake long enough so I could pass the quiz at the end and stuff another certificate in my file.
Feel free to list every certificate you’ve ever received if you want. I just want everyone to know that if you just say “firefighter” or “sheriff’s deputy” you‘ll have my full respect. No list of certificates will gain you more and you won’t have to type as much👍🏻
Feel free to list every certificate you’ve ever received if you want. I just want everyone to know that if you just say “firefighter” or “sheriff’s deputy” you‘ll have my full respect. No list of certificates will gain you more and you won’t have to type as much👍🏻
Shaun Trock
Enthusiast
American Red Cross certified professional lifeguard and first responder, CPR/AED. I work at a pool.