John Calamia, MPA

Experience

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  PLYMOUTH COMMUNITY AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION

  Apr 1994 - Oct 2005

  Paramedic
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  Montgomery Hospital Medical Center

  Mar 1998 - Jun 2000

  Paramedic
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  International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2007

  Journeyman Electrician
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  Calamia Electric LLC

  Jul 2001 - now

  Owner/Master Electrician

  Owner operated master electrician. Design, installation, maintenance and repair of residential and light commercial secondary electrical systems.

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  Hahnemann University Hospital

  Oct 2005 - Jul 2008

  Flight Paramedic
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  Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital

  Oct 2007 - Jul 2009

  Paramedic
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  Upper Darby Township Fire Department

  Dec 2007 - now

  All hazards emergency response incident management. Supervise and manage the daily operation of 5 fire stations. Oversee the Department’s Special Operations Division to include Technical Rescue, EMS and Hazardous Materials response, Department Information Management, Incident Reporting, Analytics, & Infection control. Assigned to the Highland Park Fire Station. Supervision of firefighters during all hazards emergency response. Direct supervision of the Fire Department's Rescue Company. Development and implementation of the Department’s Special Operations and Technical Rescue Program. Administration of the Fire Department's EMS Continuing Education program and Company Level Drill Program. All hazards emergency response as part of an engine or ladder company. Primary assigned to the department’s Squad Company responsible for fire suppression as well as technical rescue response.

  • Acting Deputy Fire Chief

    Mar 2024 - now

  • Captain

    Sept 2015 - Mar 2024

  • Firefighter

    Dec 2007 - Sept 2015
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  Township of Haverford

  Jul 2009 - Nov 2014

  Paramedic
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  Delaware County Technical Rescue Team

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2018

  Founding Member - Assistant Taskforce Leader
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  Southeastern Pennsylvania Regional Task Force

  Jun 2011 - now

  US&R Sub-group Committee Member & Rescue Specialist
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  Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System

  Jun 2012 - Jan 2019

  Critical Care Transport Paramedic - Flight/Ground

  Rotor wing and Ground Ambulance transport of critically ill patients from incident scenes and tertiary medical facilities to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania facilities for definitive medical care. Including but not limited to RSI, advanced airway management, ECMO transport, Intra-aortic ballon pumps, and management and transport of surgical, traumatic, cardio-thoracic and neurological ICU patients.

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  Upper Darby Professional Firefighters Association

  Jan 2016 - now

  Trustee
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  START Rescue Training & Equipment

  Oct 2016 - now

  Instructor

  Technical Rescue Instruction for emergency and industry first responders. (Rope, Tower, Confined Space, and Trench Rescue)