Serving Northeastern Connecticut and parts of Rhode Island & Massachussetts

Services include Loss Control Field Surveys for the insurance industry.

Emergency Planning; Incident Management; Preparedness; Prevention; Risk Management; Financial Administration and Budgeting; Personnel Administration; Leadership DevelopmentFire Chief - Mar 2001 - Dec 2014• Conducts emergency planning and command and control of emergencies, including fires,hazardous materials and rescue incidents in commercial and industrial facilities.• Development, preparation, and execution of emergency response drills and exercises includingmass casualty, hazardous materials, radiological, and terrorism events involving aircraft, groundtransportation, and fixed-site scenarios.• Evaluates site emergency plans for impact on emergency response; plans for contingencies;coordinates with facilities to prevent and mitigate emergencies.• Contributing member of the Local Emergency Planning Committee; serves as a Fire/EMSCoordinator for Town Emergency Operations Center.• Coordinates operations and planning with other agencies including CT DEEP, OSHA, DoD, FBI,and Secret Service.• Administers and evaluates optimal operational performance of a career fire department with aunionized labor force.• Develops and executes balanced budgets involving substantial funding challenges.• Supervises fire marshal in performance of fire safety and hazmat code inspections, plan reviews,and fire investigations.• Implemented incident management system improvements including enhancing safety and trackingof emergency responders during emergency operations.• Focused on enhancing leadership development of fire department officers.• Secured and administered over $1 million in grant funding for fire department operations.Fire Captain/Deputy Fire Marshal - Nov 1997 - Mar 2001Firefighter/EMT - Nov 1986 - Nov 1997