Willington Fire Dept # 1

Willington Fire Dept # 1 - Willington, CT

November 08, 2007

Officers......

Chief

Tyler Millix

C-13

Chief Tyler Millix has been a member since 1987 and an officer since 1992. He has been the Chief for the last 6 years. He is a certified EMT, Firefighter I and Public Safety Telecommunicator. Tyler is the Chief Emergency Dispatcher for the Tolland County Mutual Aid Fire Dispatch Center. Prior to his appointment as Chief Dispatcher he served as the Union President of IAFF Local 3841. Tyler is the Search Commander for the Tolland County Mutual Aid Fire Service Search and Rescue organization. Classes attended: Hazmat Awareness and Operational, Arson & Fire Photography, Rural Tactical Operations, Recognizing and Identifying Hazardous Materials and Incident Command System.

Deputy Chief
David
Woodworth

C-113

Deputy Chief David Woodworth has been a member since 1989 and an officer since 1991. He is a certified Paramedic, Firefighter I and Physician Assistant. Dave has many years of experience in the health care field starting with being a surgical assistant in the Navy and then at St. Francis Hospital and Johnson Hospital. Classes taken: Hazmat Awareness and Operational, Arson & Fire Photography, Open Water Diver and Incident Command System.

Asst. Chief Stuart Cobb

C-213

Assistant Chief Stuart Cobb has been a member since 1988 and an officer since 1991. He is a certified EMT, Fire Officer II, Fire Service Instructor II, Firefighter III, Pump Operator and Hazmat Technician. Stuart has been a full-time employee here since 1993 and is a Deputy Fire Marshal and Open Burning Official for the Town of Willington. Classes attended: Hazardous Materials Awareness & Operational Train-the-Trainer, 12 lead ECG in Acute Myocardial Infarction, 12 Lead ECG Acquisition and Transmission, Fire Cause Determination, Introduction to the Internet for the Fire Service, Electricity: Dead or Alive for the Fire Service, Disaster Preparedness Conference, Building Construction: Non-Combustible, Building Construction: Combustible, Mobile Home Fires, Water Supplies and Sprinklers, SCBA Training, Hazardous Materials First Responder: Operational, Field Level Maintenance of the Scott Air-Pak 2.2/4.5 SCBA, Pump Maintenance, Incident Command System, Class ‘A’ Foam, Darley Pump Maintenance, Hydraulic Rescue, Pneumatic Rescue, Confined Space Rescue, Rural Tactical Operations, Cold Water Rescue, Electrical Safety, Firefighter III, Training in the Jaws of Life, Combustible Liquid Fire Suppression, Grant Writing, Positive Pressure Ventilation, Hurst Tool, Domestic Preparedness Equipment Technical Assistance Program – Personal Protective Equipment Open Water Diver, Spill Control, Current Legislation of Hazardous Materials, Chemistry of Hazardous Materials, Vacuum Tank Clean-up, Hazardous Material Railroad Derailment, Emergency Response to Hazmat, Medical Monitoring in Hazmat Incidents, EMS Response to Hazmat Incidents, Ice Rescue, Handling Contaminated People, Metering, Haz-mat Basic Recognition, Pediatric Trauma Management, Intro to Computer Assisted Management of Emergency Operations (CAMEO), Fire Fighter II, Air-Pak IIa Field Maintenance, Leak Sealing Products, Rural Water Supply II, Liquid Petroleum Gas, Rural Water Supply I, Hazardous Materials Incident Analysis, Fire Fighter I, The Integrated Emergency Management System: Concepts and Practices, Underground Storage Tanks, Carbon Monoxide Emergencies, Federal and CT OSHA Standards Related to Hazardous Materials, Multi-Agency Interaction at Hazmat Incident, Complying With OSHA Standards, Hazardous Materials Technician Refresher, Developing Hazmat SOG’s, Management of Non-Profit Ambulance and E.M.S., Defibrillation, Airway Management, Review of the ISO Community Public Protection Grading System, Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know 6th Annual Conference, Basic Vehicle Rescue, Engine Company Operations, Plugging and Patching, Emergency Medical Systems Management, Management of Non-profit Ambulance and Emergency Medical Service, Patient Care Documentation, Station Evaluator Training, Proper Training and Supervision of Employees, Personal Protective Equipment, WMD Detection Technologies, Operation and Maintenance of APD 2000 Chemical Detector, MiniRAE 2000 Photoionization Detector, Draeger Chip Measurement System, Draeger Civil Defense System, Ludlum Model 3 Emergency Radiological Response Kit, Introduction to WMD Related Hazardous Materials Substances and Symptoms, Use of Chemical Agent Detection Materials M8, M9 & M256A1 Kit, LIfestar Safety, Managing.

Captain Mike Kenderdine

C-313

Mike Kenderdine has been a member since 2003. He has 19 years of Fire/EMS experience with the Staffordville Fire Department spending five years as Rescue Lieutenant and five years as Rescue Captain. His current certifications include: Firefighter I and EMT. Classes attended: PADI Advanced Open Water-I SCUBA, Hazmat Operational, Incident Command Systems, Basic Vehicle Rescue, LPG Emergencies, Chimney Fires, FF Safety and Survival, Jaws of Life Extrication Specialist, Extrication Airbag, Burning Building Collapse and Basic Pump Operator. Mike was awarded the 2004 John Service Award and the 2005 Officer of the Year.

Captain Justin Risley

C-413

Captain Risley has been a member since 2001. He works part-time at the Willington Fire Department, Somers Fire Department and for the Tolland County Mutual Aid Fire Service as a dispatcher. Some of Justin's certifications include EMT-D, Firefighter II, Hazardous Materials Operational, CPAT, 2Q license, Aerial strategy and tactics, fire ground operations, incident command system, Open Water Diver, blood born pathogens,.

Lieutenant Jeremiah Gilmour C-513
		Lieutenant Gilmour has been member since 2000. He works part time at Willington fire dept. as a firefighter/EMT. Jeremiah's certifications are EMT-D, Firefighter II, Hazardous Materials Operational, Mass casualty management, Rescue technician core, Aerial operator, and pursuing Vehicle and machinery rescue. Jeremiah also has CT commercial driver’s license class B.

Lieutenant Daniel Saunders C-613
		Lieutenant Saunders has been a member since 2002. Dan is reliable member of the Tuesday night duty crew for the past several years as a driver for the ambulance. He is a certified MRT, advanced open water diver, Firefighter I, and Haz-Mat awareness.

Lieutenant

Lowell Karpuska

C-713

Lieutenant Karpuska has been a member since 1997. He is a certified EMT, Fire Officer II, Fire Service Instructor II, Firefighter III, Hazmat Technician, Combi-Tube & Epi-Pen Instructor. Lowell was a member of the Tolland Fire Department from 1988-1997 where he also served as a Lieutenant. He is a member of the Tolland County Dive Team and has certificates as an Open Water Scuba Instructor, Dive Master, Master Scuba Diver, Rescue Diver, Dive Rescue Specialist I, Night Diver, Equipment Specialist Diver, Advanced Open Water Diver, Search and Recovery Diver, Deep Diver, Research Diver and Ice Diver. Classes taken: Flashover Survival, Firefighter Safety and Survival, Hazardous Materials Incident Analysis, Sara Title III, Hazmat Operational, Basic Recognition of Hazardous Materials, Liquid Petroleum Gas, Critical Incident Stress, Chimney Fire, Rural Tactical Operations, Cold Water Rescue, Car Fires, Basic Vehicle Rescue, Tactical Considerations of Aerial Devices, Interspiro Maintenance, Recognizing Explosive Devices, Emergency Vehicle Driver, Hydraulic Rescue, Sprinklers and Standpipes, SER Emergency Right-to-Know, Hurst Jaws of Life, Scott Airpak II-a,2.2, 4.5 field maintenance, and Mass Casualty and Incident Command.

Department Officers

Fire Chief
Tyler MIllix

Deputy Chief
David Woodworth

Asst. Chief
Stuart Cobb

1st Captain
MIke Kenderdine

2nd Captain
Justin Risley

Get A Hold of Us

Willington F.D. # 1
426 River Road
Willington, CT 06279

(860) 429-0288