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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Greg Barnas
Greg currently serves asthe
Captain of Ladder 6 with the Jersey City Fire Department in Jersey City,
N.J. With 23 years of service with JCFD Greg has held various positions
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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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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. |
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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. |
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. |
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