Some
of the best instructors in the nation
Matt
Tobia
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Matthew
Tobia is a Battalion Chief with the Anne Arundel County Fire Department
in suburban Baltimore, MD. With more than 18 years of experience, Battalion
Chief Tobia holds a B.S. from the University of Maryland and is a nationally
certified Fire Officer III and Instructor II. He teaches extensively throughout
the United States and is an adjunct instructor at the Pennsylvania State
Fire Academy. He has served on curriculum development teams in Maryland
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Jason
Walters
Jason
is a PA State Fire Instructor and PA Department of Health vehicle rescue
instructor. Since 2000, he has been employed as a firefighter with Hilton
Head Island Fire Rescue Department in Hilton Head, SC. He is a heavy
rescue tech, hazmat tech, dive tech with HHIFRD heavily involved with the
training division on program development and delivery. He is a SCFA instructor,
the Rescue Group Manager with SC-TF1. |
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Glen McGuire
Glen McGuire began his career
in the fire service in January of 1982. After spending several years with
the Half Moon Bay Fire Protection District, Calif., he was hired by the
San Jose FD, currently serving as a captain on E2 located in San Jose’s
busy East side. Glen has his Level 1 instructors certificate, A.S. degree
in fire science, and State Fire Officers Certificate. He teaches many subjects,
both in the SJFD and county academies, but specializes in the areas of
forcible entry and firefighter survival.
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Charles
Bailey
Charles
Bailey is a career fire captain in Montgomery County, Md., with 16 years
on the job. Capt. Bailey is currently assigned to Station 15, an area rich
in bedroom communities, garden apartments and strip malls. In his spare
time, he is an active member of the Branchville Volunteer Fire Company
in Prince Georges County, Md., where he has served as deputy chief for
nearly eight years. He has a masters degree in public administration and
runs www.TinHelmet.com, a fire-related website.
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Rick
Talbert
Rick
worked for the City of Titusville for seven years and served as a Battalion
Commander, Training Commander, and Operations Chief, and served as
fire chief. A 25 year veteran of the fire service, he began his career
with the City of Ocala, FL. He moved to Brevard County in 1987 taking a
position with the Kennedy Space Center as their training officer and eventually
Operations chief supporting 26 shuttle missions. |
He holds
an Associates Degree from Brevard Community College in Fire Science Technology,
is currently enrolled in the National Fire Academy's Executive Fire Officer
program and a graduate of the University of Maryland's Staff and Command
Program. Rick is currently serves on the Florida Fire Chiefs’ Association
Board of Directors as the East Central Florida Director. He is Past President
of the Florida Society of Fire Service Instructors and is actively involved
in the Florida Fire Chiefs’ Association’s statewide Emergency Response
Committee as Region 5 Coordinator. He currently is the Fire Chief in South
Walton Fire District, FL. |
| Greg Barnas |
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| Greg currently serves asthe
Captain of Ladder 6 with the Jersey City Fire Department in Jersey City,
NY. With 23 years of service with JCFD Greg has held various positions
with that department. |
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Adam Mazy
Adam is currently a Lt.
in FDNY's 11th Division. He has several assignments in his ten year career
with FDNY including Engine 3, Ladder 79, and Rescue Squad 5. |
| Gary
Ells |
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| Gary has been with the Tempe
( AZ) Fire Department for 30 years and has been a Battalion Chief since
1988. He has served on the State Fire Training Committee for 21 years and
spent two years as its Chair. |
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