Born in California but raised in Casper WY since day 3. Attended schools in Casper, graduating from Natrona County High School in 1977. Became a member of the Casper Police Explorer Scouts in October of 1975, employed with the Casper Police Dept as a community service officer from summer of 1977 through June of 1979. At this time became a sworn officer with the Evansville WY Police dept advancing to the rank of sergeant by the time I left in January 1983. January 1983, employed with the Natrona County Sheriff’s Office. Rank of Lieutenant and second in command of the patrol division. Took over command of patrol division in November of 1988 until spring of 1989. April 1 1989 to present servicing as Natrona County Emergency Manager, division of the Sheriff’s Office.Associates degrees in Criminal Justice, Fire Science and currently working on Associates for Emergency Management and managing a degree program at Casper Community College. Adjunct instructor for State of Wyoming Emergency Management, Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy, Wyoming Fire Academy, Casper Community College, South Dakota Office of Emergency Management. Contract employee for Kenyon International Disaster services under which worked the anniversary memorial event for Egypt Air 990 air disaster in Rhode Island held October 2000, New York Terrorist Attack in September 2001, US Airways flight 5481 anniversary and DOD flight crash, and tsunami response in Thailand February 2005. Certifications in the following areas: WY P.O.S.T. General Instructor, EMT-B., Certified Professional Peace Officer, Completed FEMA PDS courses, IFSTA Hazardous Materials Technician, Rescue Diver, EPA Emergency Response to Hazardous Materials, CERT coordinator for Natrona County.
Two children; Eric (AKA Disaster Boy) age 13 and Bailey, age 5.. Personal enjoyments;, fly fishing, scuba diving, video gaming, and being a closet fire fighter.(and there aren’t many fires in closets!).
CLASSES AND SEMINARS TAUGHT
Multi-Hazards in the Schools
Multi-Hazard planning for businesses/organizations
Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) TTT
Principles of Emergency Management
Exercise Design
1st Responder Hazardous Materials
Operations level Hazardous Materials
Terrorism Awareness AWR-160
Incident Command Law Enforcement specific
Basic Incident Command
Intermediate Incident Command
Incident Command of Terrorist Incident
Response to Chem, Bio, Radiological, Explosive Incidents
Terrorism Planning
Effective Communication
Mass Fatality Incident Response
Public Information Officer (PIO) basic
Leadership and Influence
Disaster Response and Recovery Operations
OSHA 40 Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER)
OSHA 8 hour refresher for HAZWOPER
OSHA 8 Hour Supervisor for HAZWOPER