Experience

Summary of Experience :

Assigned to various Austin Fire Stations for 22 years
Assigned to AFD Public Education / Community Outreach ( Public Relations ) for 7 years
AFD Hispanic Liaison for Spanish speaking media’s
Workplace / Home Fire and Life Safety Educator
Evacuation Planning & Consulting, including Hi-Rises
Floor / Fire Warden training
Emergency Response Team ( ERT ) training
Fire Extinguisher training
CPR/AED & First Aid Instructor, including BLS Provider
CPR / AED and First Aid Instructor for the Austin Travis County Emergency Medical Services ( ATCEMS )
Texas State University ( EMTS Academy ) Paramedic / EMT – CPR/AED Certification Instructor

Conducted Trainings for the following:

Property Management Companies

Brandywine Realty / CBRE Asset Services / Cousins Properties / Endeavor Real Estate Group / Endura Advisory Group / Fortis Property Group / HPI Real Estate Mgmt. Group / Lincoln Property Co. / Live Oak Gottesman / Parkway Properties / Riverside Resources / Spire Realty Group / Stream Realty Partners / Tier Riet Inc. / TIG Real Estate Management / Vanderbilt Office Properties / Thomas Properties

Hi-Tech Companies & other Organizations

Indeed / VM Ware / Cloudera / Broadcom / Ledcor / Silcon Labs / Power Engineering / Parsley Energy / Solar Winds / Cadence / Netspend / Synopsis / Cirrus Logic / Asuragen / Ledcor Technical Services / WeWork / Embree Group / Emerson Automation Solutions / Austin Convention Center / ETS-Lindgren / Barton Hills Nursing Home / Oakcrest Nursing Center / Brookdale Assisted Living / Ashwood Retirement & Assisted Living / CIMA Hospice / Texas Search & Rescue / Texas American Resources Co. / Texas Assoc. of School Boards / RRISD / Norton Rose Fullbright US / Under Armour / Proportion Foods / Accenture Federal / Homeaway / Safetymax / Amplify Federal C.U. / DPR Construction / Lonestar Materials / Texas Spanish Academy / Texas Health Action / Austin Spa & Resort / USAA / EMTS Academy / City of Austin

Did you know?

Fire DOUBLES in size every 30 SECONDS !
Smoke multiplies 10 fold every MINUTE !
Cooking fires accounts for 47% of all Home fires

Education

Continuing Education classes spanning 31 years ( 80 Hours/year )
Emergency Medical Technician ( EMT – 36 Years )
Advanced Firefighter Certification
Studied Fire Protection Technology ( 46 hours )
Certified CPR/AED & First Aid Instructor

Awards

Medal of Commendation for Public Education *
Three Customer Service Stars
Medal of Merit
City Managers Ace Award *
Two Pride of the City Awards
Member of two Unit Citations
Seven Letters of Appreciation – AFD
Letter of Appreciation – APD

* One of Two ever awarded to any AFD member

“We have found their classes to be informative, interesting and entertaining. All the staff indicated increased confidence in the CPR process. We also hired him for our emergency plan review. It is great to have the plan reviewed and approved by someone with so much experience. We recommend this company for all your workplace safety needs.”

– Heidi Fischer, Barton Hills Assisted Living