Joseph Smaha

Senior Fire & Safety

Consultant

 

 

  EDUCATION, TRAINING & EXPERIENCE: B.S. in Education from NYACK Collage in New York and a M.Ed in Counseling/psychology from Cambridge Collage in Massachusetts, over 15 years experience as a Firefighter Haz-Mat Specialist, Training Officer and EMT with the Paramus NJ Fire Department, full time Fire Instructor and Fire Safety Education Specialist for the Paramus NJ Fire Department Fire Prevention Bureau. Over 8 years experience working residential care and hospital settings, over four years experience working for private Haz-Mat Emergency Response Company, Mr. Smaha is a NJ Level II Fire Instructor, DHS Instructor for Incident Management System, NJ State Police Haz-Mat Instructor, American Red Cross CPR/First Aid Instructor and works as a Fire Instructor for the Bergen County Fire Academy. He is also one of the Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Instructors for the Fire Academy. And a member of the Phoenix CISM . Rev Joseph Smaha is a ordained Minister who currently serves a Pastor of The Community Church of Paramus and is President of the North Jersey Chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Firefighters.

Joseph Baldino
Senior Fire & Safety
Consultant

 

  EDUCATION, TRAINING & EXPERIENCE:  AA Liberal Arts, Fairleigh Dickenson University, over 27 years in emergency services. Retired Chief Officer with the Lodi NJ Fire Department (1989-2009) Firefighter EMT, Haz-Mat Technician, NJ Level II Fire Instructor, DHS Instructor for Incident Management System, NJ State Police Haz-Mat Instructor, American Red Cross CPR/First Aid Instructor, served with Lodi NJ EMS for 13 years (1983-1996) retired Fire Instructor for the Bergen County Law and Public Safety Institute.

 

 

   
 

Albert Whitaker

Fire & Safety

Consultant

 
  EDUCATION, TRAINING & EXPERIENCE: Retired Captain with over 40 years experience with the Ridgewood NJ Fire Department. (1969-2009) Firefighter EMT, Haz-Mat Technician, NJ Level II Fire Instructor, DHS Instructor for Incident Management System, NJ State Police Haz-Mat Instructor, NJ Fire Inspector, NJ Fire Official, works as a Fire Instructor for the Bergen County Fire Academy. He is also one of the (CISM) Critical Incident Stress Management  Instructors for the Fire Academy. And a member of the Phoenix CISM Team. He is also a member of the North Jersey Chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Firefighters.

 

 

 


Thom McCoy

Instructor

 
 
  EDUCATION, TRAINING & EXPERIENCE: Firefighter EMT, Haz-Mat Technician, NJ Fire Inspector, NJ Fire Official, served with the Elmwood Park NJ FD 1982-2000: East Rutherford NJ FD 2009-Present, Fair Lawn NJ Haz-Mat Response Team 1991-1996(Lieutenant) Hackensack NJ Vol. Ambulance Corp1989-1992 (Lieutenant): Fellowship of Christian Firefighters 2009- Present: Director of Ministry -FDNY Outreach 2010- Present

 

 

 


James Wood

Instructor

 
 
  EDUCATION, TRAINING & EXPERIENCE: Firefighter, NJ Paramedic, Haz-Mat Technician: Served with the Paramus NJ Fire Department, Paramus NJ Fire Department Haz-Mat Team, Paramedic Jersey City Medical Center.

 

 

 

 


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