RYAN BOONE

Ryan Boone is currently the Health and Safety manager for a private national HAZMAT response team. He has been an Industrial Firefighter/EMT for a major steel mill located in Alabama. He is currently a member of Alabama Task Force 1 USAR team. He has 18 years of combined Fire, Rescue and EMS experience. Ryan started with a local volunteer department while serving as an Health and Safety manager for a private national HAZMAT response team. He is familiar with all aspects of chemical transfer involving highway and rail car operations.  Ryan entered the career fire service in 2005 and worked for the City of Mobile as a Firefighter / EMT . Ryan is currently a AL State certified fire Instructor,  Hazmat Technician, High Angle  / Confined Space Technician and is also certified in Structural collapse,  Trench and Swift Water Rescue.  Ryan while also responding to national incidents is very involved teaching technical Rescue and Hazmat  around the country.

DON ENGLISH

Education/Training

NIMS 100,200,700, 701,702,703,704,800

Experience/Work History

Instructor for Department of Homeland Security Center for Domestic preparedness

BILL GREEN

Education/Training

ProBoard certifications in Advanced Exterior Industrial Firefighter, Interior Industrial Firefighting. Fire Brigade leadership, Fire Service instructor, Hazardous Materials Technician, Rope Rescue Technician.

Numerous classes at the National Fire Academy

NIMS 100,200,300,700,800

University of South Alabama: State Licensed EMT-Basic

American Red Cross CPR & First Aid Instructor

Experience/Work History

Began as Industrial Firefighter with Shell Agricultural Chemical Corporation 1968

American Red Cross Disaster Team Leader 1970s & 1980s

Fire Chief and HazMat Response Coordinator at DuPont Chemical  till 2001

Training Chief for Creola Volunteer Fire Department 1990-2001

Master Firefighter Certification with the State Firefighters and Fire Marshalls Association of Texas

In 2004 began work as an Adjunct Instructor with Texas A&M Fire School

During the 1990s served on the Board of Directors for the Greater Mobile Industrial Association and The Greater Mobile Emergency Preparedness Association and was instrumental in the design and construction of Avery Oliver Field. Now Gulf Coast Emergency Response Academy

Member and President of the American Society of Safety Engineers

Areas of Instruction

Industrial Fire, HazMat, Incident Command

ALEX HART

Training/Education

Alabama State Fire College (Proboard): Firefighter I&II, HazMat Technician, Rope Rescue Technician I&II, Confined Space Rescue Technician I&II, Trench Rescue Technician I&II, Swift Water Rescue Technician,

NIMS 100, 200, 300, 700, 800

Competent Person for Fall Protection

Nationally Registered EMT-D

Experience/Work History

Captain on dedicated emergency response team at AM/NS Steel Plant Calvert, Al

Firefighter Mobile Fire Rescue Department

Industrial Plumber

Area of Instruction

Industrial Fire, HazMat, Technical Rope Rescue, Incident Command

COLE KENNEDY

Education/Training

Cole Kennedy began his Emergency Responder Training in 2004. Cole received his Emergency Medical Technician-B in 2005. Additionally, Cole received his associates degree in Fire Science in 2006 and then completed Rope Rescue, Hazmat, Confined Space, Trench Rescue and Structural Collapse training between 2010-2011.

Experience/Work History

Prichard Fire Department, 2007-2008

AMR 2008-2010

Mobile Fire Department, 2010-Present

GREG MAY

Education/Training

Alabama State Fire College (Proboard): Firefighter I & II, HazMat Technician, Managing Company Tactical Operations, Apparatus Operator, Fire Investigator, Fire Inspector I, Fire officer I & II, Fire Instructor I & II,

Structural Collapse Technician, Natural gas Firefighting, High Angle/Confined Space Rescue, Concrete Structural Collapse Operations,

Nationally Registered EMT-Paramedic

AHA CPR Instructor

Emergency Vehicle Operator Trainer

40 hour Hazardous Waste Site Worker & Emergency Spill Response

Burlington Northern Railroad Techniques of Handling Hazardous Material Incidents

Radiological Monitoring

NIMS 100,200,300,700,800

Department of Homeland Security WMD Radiological/Nuclear Responder Operations

Experience/Work History

Mobile Fire Rescue Department 1990-Present. Positions on department: Firefighter, FireMedic, Driver, Company Officer

Captain of the Mobile Fire Rescue Hazardous Materials Response Team

20 Years of Industrial Emergency Response Training

Instructor for Specialty Rescue Training

Industrial Emergency Response Instructor Rural Metro Corporation

Areas of Instruction

Industrial Fire, Technical Rope Rescue, HazMat, Medical, Incident Command

MIKE McCREARY

Mike McCreary is an owner of the Gulf Coast Emergency Response Academy located in Mobile, Alabama.  He joined the fire service full time in 1981.  In 1996 he began instructing full time and has taught courses all across the United States and in several foreign countries such as Australia, Central America and Turkey.  Mike has a degree in Fire Service Management and currently serves as a member of the NFPA 1006 “Professional Rescue Technician” committee.  Mike has had a passion for the fire service and training for now more than 33 years.

BILLY SMITH

Education/Training

Alabama State Fire College

FF I , FF II , Officer I , Instructor I ,  Live Fire , Haz-mat Tech, Rope Rescue ,High Angle ,Confined Space, Trench Rescue, Fire Investigator, Apparatus Operator, Marine Firefighting,  NIMS 100,200,300, 700 , 800 

University of South Alabama

Nationally Registered EMT-Paramedic

Experience/Work History

Mobile Fire Rescue

1991- present 

Positions:  Firefighter, Firemedic, Driver and Company

Officer

Turnerville Vol Fire Rescue

2006-present  Fire Chief

2001-2006  Training Officer

WALT RILEY

Education/Training

Alabama State Fire College (ProBoard): Firefighter I&II, Apparatus Operator, Aerial Apparatus, Fire Officer I&II, Fire Service Instructor I, HazMat Technician, Live Fire Awareness , Rope Rescue Awareness, High Angle Rope Rescue, Industrial Fire Brigade Member Incipient, Advanced Exterior, Interior, Marine Firefighter

RISC America/Rural Metro Emergency Response Corporation: Rope Rescue Technician, Confined Space Technician, HazMat Technician, Industrial Firefighter

Radiological Monitoring

Nationally Registered EMT-Basic

University of South Alabama EMT-Paramedic

NIMS 100, 200, 300, 700, 800

AHA CPR Instructor

Experience/Work History

1989-present Mobile Fire Rescue Department. Positions held: Firefighter, Firemedic, Driver, Company Officer.

21 years as a Company Officer on Mobile Fire Rescue Department

Captain of the Mobile Fire Rescue  Hazardous Materials Response Team

4 years as a Training Officer at the Mobile Fire Rescue Training Academy

Member of newly established High Angle Rescue Team on Mobile Fire Rescue Department

Assistant Instructor for RISC America/Rural Metro Corp.

20 years of industrial Emergency Response Training

Instructor for Specialty Rescue Training inc.

Contract Chemical Plant Operator at kerr-McGee Chemical.

Academy Position

Training Program Manager

BRET ROGERS

Education/Training

Alabama State Fire College (Proboard): Firefighter I&II, HazMat A&O, Rope Rescue Technician I&II, Confined Space I&II, Trench Rescue Technician I&II

Structural Collapse, HazMat Technician

NIMS 100, 200, 300, 700, 800

Nationally Registered EMT-Paramedic, National Association of EMTs Instructor

AHA CPR Instructor

SWAT Qualified Paramedic

Tactical Combat Casualty Care Instructor

Experience/Work History

2008-Present Mobile Fire Rescue Department. Firefighter & Firemedic

Member of Mobile Fire Department hazardous Materials Response Team

Member of Alabama Task Force 1 Urban Search and Rescue Team

Member of Mobile Fire Rescue Department Tactical Medic Team

Areas of Instruction

HazMat, Technical Rope Rescue, Medical

Anthony Rowett Jr

Education/Training

Multiple Degrees in both Fire Science and Emergency Services Management

Graduate of the Alabama Smoke Diver Course

Experience/Work History

Captain with the Mobile (AL) Fire Rescue Department

Firefighter with the Ogdensburg (NJ) Fire Department

Contributing author for multiple fire service publications including Fire Engineering, Fire Rescue, Firehouse, Fire Department Training Network, and The Art of Foremanship Days

Instructed at multiple fire service conferences as well as for individual fire departments

co-host on the Generation Engine podcast on Fire Engineering Blog Talk Radio

BOB TAYLOR

Education/Experience

Business Administration AS degree

Alabama State Fire College (ProBoard): Firefighter I&II, Fire Instructor I, II& III, Fire Officer I-IV, Apparatus Operator, Aerial Apparatus, Hazardous Materials Incident Command, Rope rescue technician I&II, Vehicle and Machinery Extrication I&II

ProBoard HazMat Technician

Nationally Registered EMT-Paramedic

State of Alabama Peace Officer Minimum Standards

NIMS 100,200,300,700,800

Multiple National Fire Academy Courses

Industrial Firefighter from RISC America

WMD: Incident Command

High Angle& Confined Space Training

FAA Licensed Private Pilot

AHA CPR Instructor

Experience/Work History

2015-Present Saraland Fire Department. Firemedic

2003-2012 G4S(Formerly WSI) Dedicated Industrial Emergency response Team at BASF

Fire Chief and Project Manager for WSI at BASF

2004-2010 Satsuma Police Department Police officer (Part-time)

United States Army Fire Department and Crash Rescue Specialist

Areas of Instruction

Industrial Fire, HazMat, Technical Rope Rescue, Incident Command, Medical