Kyle Rausch

Experience

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  Orange County Fire Authority

  May 2005 - Jan 2007

  Handcrew Firefighter (reserve)

  Worked for OCFA’s volunteer (reserve) Type II IA (initial attack) Hand-crew. Responded to vegetation fires in Orange County as IA or cold trail. Maintained tools and equipment. Improved fire roads. Assisted in training new reserve firefighters during their Wildland Academy.

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  Los Angeles City Fire Department

  Jan 2007 - now

  The Battalion Chief assigned to Administrative Operations (AOPS) serves as the Executive Officer, to the Chief Deputy, and is involved in the following areas:* Department Wellness Program* Alternative Investigative Process* Fraud, Waste and Abuse* LAFD Liaison to the Mayor’s Office for the Department in the areas Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking, Harassment and Discrimination, City Resiliency and Sustainability* Lead Various Workgroups----------------------------------------Other duties:* Assisting in the Departments implementation of the new Human Capital Management (HCM) and financial management (financials) system software, Workday.* Strike Team Leader Engine Trainee (STEN-T)* Incident Commander Type 4 Trainee (ICT4-T)* Status Checkin/ Recorder Trainee (SCKN-T)* Engine Boss (Q)* Staging Area Manager (STAM Q)* Incident Management Team 3 (IMT3), Department Operations Center (DOC), Planning Section Chief (PSC)***Special Projects**** Fire Station Alerting Project Cadre Assisting in the implementation of innovative technology in the Fire Stations alerting personnel of incidents* Drafted and assisted on multiple Departmental Bulletins Show less Responsible for all operational and administrative duties for Battalion 5, ‘C’ Platoon encompassing the communities of Silver Lake, Hollywood, Los Feliz, East Hollywood, and the Hollywood Hills. Currently managing the staffing of 7 Fire Stations and 58 members and assisting in developing Department policy.* Strike Team Leader Engine Trainee (STEN-T)* LAFD bike paramedic (International Police Mountain Bike Association certified) * Los Angeles Area Fire Chiefs Regional Training Group (RTG) Green Cell Cadre Team 2* Incident Commander Type 4 Trainee (ICT4-T)* Status Checkin/ Recorder Trainee (SCKN-T)* Engine Boss (Q)* Field Incident Management Team (FIMT) Team 1 (Staging Area Manager, STAM Q)***Special Projects****Fire Station Alerting Project Cadre Assisting in the implementation of innovative technology in the Fire Stations alerting personnel of incidents* Drafted and assisted on multiple Departmental Bulletins* Unified Homeless Response Center (UHRC) Covid-19 Testing Group Supervisor Managing the testing. vaccination strategy, managing daily operations and reporting, Liaison between stakeholders. Show less Fire Captain II/ Paramedic. Fire Station 37 Task Force Commander. Serving the communities of Westwood and UCLA.* Strike Team Leader Engine Trainee (STEN T)* LAFD bike paramedic (International Police Mountain Bike Association certified) * Los Angeles Area Fire Chiefs Regional Training Group (RTG) Green Cell Cadre Team 2* Operator 1A and 1B Cadre* Engine Boss (Q)* Field Incident Management Team (FIMT) Team 1 (Staging Area Manager, STAM Q)* Part of the LA EMD Training and Exercise Subcommittee* Part of the LA EMD Community Preparedness Subcommittee * EMS Captain***Special Projects****Fire Station Alerting Project Cadre Assisting in the implementation of innovative technology in the Fire Stations alerting personnel of incidents*Unified Homeless Response Center (UHRC) Covid-19 Testing Group Supervisor Managing the testing/ vaccination strategy, managing daily operations and reporting, Liaison between stakeholders. Show less I was assigned as the EMS/ Resilience Officer in Operations Central Bureau. This role entailed being the Liaison between stakeholders and the LAFD in the Central Bureau, managing EMT and Paramedic licenses of 644 members in OCB, managing all OCB social media, assisting with Event Action Plans (EAPs), responding to large scale incidents in OCB as part of the incident command team and assist with the staffing of the fire department during large scale incidents.* LAFD bike paramedic (International Police Mountain Bike Association certified) * Los Angeles Area Fire Chiefs Regional Training Group (RTG) Green Cell Cadre Team 2* Operator 1A and 1B Cadre* Engine Boss * Department Operations Center (D.O.C.) Incident Management Team (Resource Unit Leader, RESL)* Field Incident Management Team (FIMT) Team 1 (Staging Area Manager, STAM)* Part of the LA EMD Training and Exercise Subcommittee* Part of the LA EMD Community Preparedness Subcommittee * EMS Captain***Special Projects****Fire Station Alerting Project Cadre *Unified Homeless Response Center (UHRC) Covid-19 Testing Group Supervisor Managing the testing strategy, managing daily operations and reporting, Liaison between stakeholders. Show less

  • Battalion Chief/ Paramedic- Executive Officer, Administrative Operations

    Jan 2024 - now

  • Battalion Chief/ Paramedic- Battalion 5, C Platoon

    Jul 2023 - Jan 2024

  • Captain II/ Paramedic- Fire Station 37, C Platoon

    May 2022 - Jul 2023

  • Fire Captain 1/ Paramedic- Fire Station 93, C Platoon & Operations Central Bureau (OCB)

    Jul 2017 - May 2022

  • Engineer/ Paramedic- Fire Station 12, C Platoon

    Nov 2016 - Jul 2017

  • Firefighter III/ Paramedic

    Jan 2007 - Nov 2016