I have been involved in some form of Emergency Management work my entire adult life. I was an EMT for three years right after high school and then a Paramedic for 19 more. From 2001-2010 I was the EMS Coordinator and taught EMT Basic and Intermediate classes as well as ICS and other related courses. In 2010 I moved into Public Health and worked as the compliance officer/ quality assurance person. This while I completed my degree in Emergency Management through Empire State College. I then returned to the Emergency Services office and do a variety of Emergency Management work; primarily training, planning and exercises activities as well as grant management and special projects. I also manage the county's Web EOC system and our community notification systems. In 2014 I inherited the task of overseeing the Emergency Communications Improvement Project and have oversaw the buildout of three new tower sites, a new radio system, simulcast paging and communications, conversion of RT backhaul to IP based backhaul and the implementation of new consoles for the 911 center. Member of IAEM Region 2.