A.S. Degree: Administration of Justice. Santa Rosa Junior College; Deans High Honors
CAL FIRE Company Officer Academy
CDF (CAL FIRE) 40 hour Basic Wildland Firefighter
CAL FIRE MMU Firefighter Basic Skills
CAL FIRE Wildland Firefighter Survival Level 1
CAL FIRE Incident Management 1 (NWCG S-200, FSTEP Command 1A/1B)
CAL FIRE Incident Management 2
CAL FIRE Supervision 2 (NWCG S-201/301, FSTEP Fire Management 1)
CFSTES Fire Command 1C (NWCG S-205)
CFSTES Training Instructor 1A
FSTEP Firefighter 1
FSTEP Firefighter 2
FSTEP Driver Operator 1
FSTEP Driver Operator 1A/1B
FSTEP Rescue Systems 1
FSTEP Confined Space Rescue Technician
FSTEP Low Angle Rope Rescue Operational
FSTEP Auto Extrication
FSTEP River & Floodwater Rescue Awareness
FSTEP Basic Pump Operations
Cal EMA HazMat First Responder Operational Decon
Modular Emergency Radiological Response Transportation Training (MERRETT) certification. U.S. Department of Energy, Transportation Emergency Awareness Program
California EMT1D with current CPR card (since 1977)
FEMA-EMI ICS IS-100: Introduction to the Incident Command System
FEMA-EMI ICS IS-200: Incident Command System for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
NWCG ICS I-220: Basic Incident Command System
NWCG ICS I-300: Intermediate Incident Command System
NWCG ICS I-400: Advanced Incident Command System
FEMA-EMI ICS I-700: Introduction to National Incident Management System (NIMS)
FEMA-EMI ICS I-800b: National Response Framework, an Introduction.
FEMA-EMI ICS I-802: Emergency Support Functions (ESF) #2 Communications
NWCG S130: Firefighter Training
NWCG S131: Advanced Firefighter Training (Wildland Firefighter type 1)
NWCG L-180: Human Factors on the Fire Line
NWCG S-200: Incident Commander Type 4
NWCG S-212: Wildland Fire Chain Saw
NWCG S-215: Fire Operations in the Wildland/Urban Interface (refresher in 2011)
NWCG S-231: Engine Boss
NWCG S-232: Dozer Boss
NWCG S-330: Strike Team/Task Force Leader
NWCG S190: Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior
NWCG S290: Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior
NWCG S290: Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior
NWCG S390: Advanced Wildland Fire Behavior
Red-Carded: ICT4, ENGB, ENOP, FF1, FF2, FEMT, FALA (FALB not current)
2006 California State Firefighters Association Medal of Valor
2006 El Dorado County EMSA “EMS Week Special Recognition Award”
CAL EMA = California Emergency Management Agency (formerly The Governors office of Emergency services or OES)
CAL FIRE = A California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection issued certification that may or may not correspond with recognized state or national certifications. Course numbers/names in Italics are NWCG and CFSTES/FSTEP recognized equivalents. note: CAL FIRE MMU refers to a certificate issued specifically by the Madera-Mariposa-Merced unit to limit the size of the interview pool in 2012.
CFSTES = California Fire Training and Education System. A service of the California Office of the State Fire Marshal that provides for career track certifications such as Fire Instructor or Chief Officer, There are eleven career tracks. Note: I am currently working on 2 career tracks.
FSTEP = Fire Services Training and Education Program. Also a service of the California Office of the State Fire Marshal that provides for hands on training and certification in specific skill areas.
FEMA-EMI = Federal Emergency Management Agency – Emergency Management Institute.
NWCG = National Wildfire Coordinating Group. A national group made up of federal and state forestry agencies that provides a formalized system for standards of training, equipment, qualifications, and other operational wildland fire functions. Course requirements are established by the NWCG but the courses are provided, and certifications are issued by, various federal, state, and local fire agencies as well as private fire training companies.
Copies Of All Certifications Available Upon Request.