
Over 25 years’ experience; Dynamic leader with Davis-Monthan Fire & Emergency Services, adept at building and strengthening working relationships with superiors, peers, subordinates, and community members. Proficient team leader, assessing, evaluating personnel and processes, devising adjustments, and applying changes to improve efficiency and utilize department personnel to the best of their abilities. Skilled in professional written, oral communications, implementing and maintaining policies, standards, and regulations. Possess a well-rounded knowledge & experience in leading within the fire service and looks forward to broadening that experience and better understanding service of those in our community.
Served as a Captain/Lead Firefighter assigned to a crew engaged in airfield, structural firefighting, and crash-rescue operations. Possess extensive knowledge and skill in policy and procedure development, emergency response procedures, firefighting techniques, fire investigation, training, mentoring, and public safety.
Required to drive and operate firefighting vehicles of significant complexity and to assist in reducing and/or eliminating potential fire hazards to protect persons, property, and the environment. Heavily experienced in driving and operating firefighting vehicles, such as pumpers, aerial ladder trucks, and airport rescue firefighting (ARFF)
Applicant served as a member of firefighting crew, performing duties related to the protection of life, property, and environment in a war-time environment. Utilized knowledge, training to effectively and safely control, extinguish structural, aircraft and natural covered fires.
Served as a fully trained member of a firefighting crew certified at the DoD firefighter level II. Respond to alarms and combats fire requiring the full performance of firefighting tasks of complex difficulty involving facilities, shops, warehouses, fuel and explosive storage areas, brush and wooded areas, vehicles and a variety of other structures and facilities.
Certifications
2024 Air Combat Command Fire Instructor of the Year
2024 Department of Defense Medium Fire Department of the Year
2022 355 Davis Monthan Wing Intermediate Civilian of the Year
2020 Davis Monthan Junior Civilian of the Year
2018 Air Force Exemplary Civilian Service Award
2015 Civilian Firefighter of the year