Capital Technical Rescue & Safety Consultants
is a career firefighter with the City of Albany, NY. He has over 15 years of service as a firefighter, in both the career and volunteer contingents. Former positions include the Lieutenant of a Heavy Rescue Company and a Safety Company Captain. In his duties as Rescue Lieutenant he was instrumental in the development and training of the Trench Rescue/Collapse unit.
Prior to working as a firefighter he worked as a Paramedic/Rescue Specialist in the Special Operations Division and Aviation unit for a municipal EMS agency.
A former member of the Technical/Urban Search and Rescue Team, New York Task Force 2. He has served as a Rescue Squad Officer and was deployed to the World Trade Center disaster on 9-11-01. He has been the Rescue Squad Officer for multi-agency trench rescues, swift-water rescues, and building collapse responses. In addition he has responded to numerous technical rescue incidents including confined space, rope rescues and machinery extrications.
Steve also serves as a State Fire Instructor for the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control, in the Special Service Bureau, where he has been developing and teaching technical rescue courses since 2001. Steve is a nationally certified Fire Service Instructor Level 2.
is a 28 year fire service veteran, currently active with the West Albany Fire Department, NY. Serving as lieutenant for 3 years and assigned to the haz-mat unit.
Currently he responsible for the operation and maintenance of a municipal training facility in upstate New York. The facility provides fire, confined space, mask confidence, haz-mat, and rope rescue training.
He is an 11 year member of The New York State Urban/Technical Search and Rescue Team, NY-TF2. Currently serving as a Rescue Team Manager, he was deployed on 9/11/01 to the World Trade Center disaster where he served as a Rescue Squad Officer and a Team Leader. Peter has responded to numerous rescue incidents including trench, building collapse, confined space, haz-mat, and rope rescues serving as a Rescue Specialist and Rescue Squad Officer.
Peter has been a NYS Fire Instructor for the Office of Fire Prevention and Control Special Services Bureau since 1999 teaching technical rescue programs throughout New York State.
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