Tom Devlin

Experience

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  City of Arcadia

  Jan 1998 - now

  • Supervise fire personnel in all areas of fire suppression including communicating fire ground strategies while directing tactically sound fire ground operations and utilizing the incident command system to increase effective fire ground operations and enhancing fire ground safety.• Oversee daily staffing managing use of vacation time, holiday pay, meeting department policies and MOU.• Coordinate, and schedule monthly shift training, shift USAR Training Coordinator ensuring required annual USAR Training is complete. • Direct, coordinate and review work plans for assigned crew, meeting to identify and resolve challenges, assign work activities as well as projects, monitoring work flow and evaluating methods and procedures.• Apparatus Coordinator, ensuring the appropriate maintenance and repairs are completed on department apparatus, following maintenance schedules working with Public Works Fleet Maintenance Division and various outside vendors, agencies and organizations. Prepare schedules, recommendations and identify needs. Coordinate, supervise and participate in apparatus and equipment inspection and testing.• Plan, prioritize assign, supervise and review the work of suppression personnel, including, first aid, rescue, emergency medical treatment, hazardous material, fire inspection, fire prevention and public education services. Maintain safety rules and regulations as they apply to the Fire Department, OSHA, NFPA and the Department of Health.• Recommend and assist in the implementation of goals and objectives, schedules and methods for providing effective fire suppression and prevention services; create, review, update and implement policies and procedures. Show less • Supervise fire personnel in all areas of fire suppression including communicating fire ground strategies while directing tactically sound fire ground operations and utilizing the incident command system to increase effective fire ground operations and enhancing fire ground safety.Create and design presentations utilizing MS Power Point for multiple training programs including SCBA and RIC as well as many others. Identify and create training for personnel in all areas of fire suppression.• Perform administrative responsibilities including operating TeleStaff staffing system, appropriately filling vacancies for all suppression personnel, complete incident reports, fire maintenance and repair requests. • Selected as a Cadre training representative multiple times, this training is currently utilized by the department for orientation/academy training of new hires.• Assisted with the development of the area “C” RIC Policy, working with 10 other agencies, which presented to over 700 fire service personnel in 10 days.SCBA Coordinator • Oversaw Arcadia Fire Departments respiratory protection requirements. Effectively managed the respiratory program for 10 years with a direct involvement in evaluating all IDLH and CBRN respiratory protection for over ten years to ensure the highest level of protection for our members.• Managed the SCBA Replacement Program for the Arcadia Fire Department a $500,000 budget ordering all materials and training all fire personnel. Ensuring grant funding was accurately tracked. • Specialized Breathing Apparatus Program Manager responsible for breathing apparatus training, testing, maintenance, repairs, and documentation to maintain OSHA compliancy. Work with multiple vendors and manufacturers to maintain the highest level of training and the most up to date equipment. Show less • Inspected public facilities, private residences, new and remolded construction projects for compliance with fire and building codes. Approved certificates of occupancy. Learned occupancies with-in the city and their fire protection systems and designs. Issued warnings and citations for violations. Responded to complaints regarding fire code violations and hazards.• Reviewed construction plans/blue prints for coded compliance and assisted in the investigation of fire incidents. Issued permits and maintained data and records regarding fire inspection and prevention activities.• Provided public education, including presentations and demonstrations before community groups, schools and organizations. Assigned as Public Safety Officer for large public events. Show less

  • Battalion Chief

    Mar 2020 - now

  • Fire Captain II

    Jan 2012 - Mar 2020

  • Fire Captain

    Jan 2007 - Jan 2012

  • Fire Engineer

    Jan 2005 - Jan 2007

  • Firefighter

    Jan 1995 - Jan 2005

  • Firefighter/Fire Prevention Bureau

    Jan 1998 - Jan 1999