Experience

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  Merriam fire department

  Feb 1995 - Nov 2009

  Lieutenant

  Administration of volunteer program including formation and implementation of policy, supervision of up to 15 personnel, development of training curriculum, conducting training for career and volunteer personnel, maintaining training records, ensuring personnel safety, coordinating state training courses, teaching CERT courses, serving in incident command roles such as safety and sector officer positions, attending county training committee meeting.

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  Osawatomie state hospital fire and security department

  Oct 1996 - Dec 1997

  Fire and security officer i

  Provide for the safety and protection from the threat of fire and criminal action to the patients, staff, and visitors on state hospital grounds; this includes fire suppression, law enforcement, developing fire training curriculum, served as an acting sergeant.

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  Kansas fire rescue training institute

  Oct 1997 - Jan 2010

  Instuctor

  Instructor for Firefighter I and II, Pumper and Aerial Driver / Operator, Fire Officer I and II, Leadership skills, Basic Supervisory skills.

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  Southern platte fire protection district

  Dec 1997 - Sept 2001

  Fire captain

  Supervision of a crew of three to nine people. Supervised daily department operations, development of training curriculum, departmental policy research and development, wrote personnel performance appraisals, and provided continuous feedback on performance, ensured safety of personnel, incident command, fire suppression, emergency medical care, apparatus operations. In this organization I served as a staff member of a growing metropolitan department.

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  Kansas city fire department

  Sept 2001 - now

  Battalion chief

  In this role I have the responsibility of directing the day-to-day operations of the 107 Battalion serving the south side of Kansas City, MO. Also in this position I work to define district goals and standards to meet policy expectations. This area of the city has a very diverse population, and provides services to many different type of target hazards including business, single / multiple family residential, industrial, hazardous materials processing, interstate, DOD facilities, and rail yards. In addition I have increased department wide responsibility for our 1400 member organization by conducting of IMS training, conducting policy, and program analysis with research. I am also currently working on a developing a career path program covering the first 10 years of employment. Show less

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  Johnson county community college

  Jan 2002 - May 2009

  Fire instructor

  Instruction and documentation of Firefighter I and II program, ensuring the safety of the Johnson County Community College Fire Academy students, providing education in both practical and lecture formats, providing career development information to cadets.

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  Olathe fire department

  Oct 2006 - Jul 2007

  Fire inspector

  Performed fire prevention and life safety inspections for new and existing structures. These inspections included annual, follow-up, above ground and below ground hydro, tenet finish, final, day care facility, in- home daycare inspections, and other code enforcement duties. These duties required skills that included customer service, good interpersonal communication, teamwork, time management, self motivation and self confidence. Also required knowledge of the 2000 International Fire Code, and the 2000 NFPA 101 Life Safety Code. Show less

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  Lake city fire and emergency services

  May 2011 - May 2015

  Firefighter

  Fire suppression, EMS on BLS Ambulance service, fire prevention inspections and permit program, training curriculum development, program and policy evaluation.

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  Birmingham fire department

  Jan 2013 - Mar 2022

  Fire chief

  To create and maintain an organization that can deliver high quality basic fire and emergency services. This requires the ability to create a strategic plan, the ability to communicate the plan to all stakeholders, facilitate implementation of the plan, and track the effectiveness of the plan. The skills involved in this process are leadership, administration, resource and personnel management, interpersonal communications, documentation and report preparation, performance monitoring, organizational training, personnel recruitment and retention, and systems management. Also, the ability to create and operate a budget is critical to the success of our mission. In this position I have writen several successful Assistance to Firefighters Grants through FEMA. Show less

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  Claycomo fire department

  Feb 2022 - now

  Fire chief

  To create and maintain an organization that can deliver high quality basic fire and emergency services. This requires the ability to create a strategic plan, the ability to communicate the plan to all stakeholders, facilitate implementation of the plan, and track the effectiveness of the plan. The skills involved in this process are leadership, administration, resource and personnel management, interpersonal communications, documentation and report preparation, performance monitoring, organizational training, personnel recruitment and retention, and systems management. Also, the ability to create and operate a budget is critical to the success of our mission. In this position I have written several successful Assistance to Firefighters Grants through FEMA. Show less