GREGORY T. RIDDLE, RPL, ENP
Fire
Service Career
WORK EXPERIENCE
February
1993 – June 2000 Deputy Fire
Chief, Administration
Village of Elk Grove
October
1990 - February 1993 Captain, Fire
Prevention Bureau
Village of Elk Grove
November
1978 - October 1990 Lieutenant
Village of Elk Grove
November
1971 - November 1978 Firefighter
Village of Elk Grove
EDUCATION
Northern
Illinois University
DeKalb,
Illinois
Bachelor
of Science Degree / Secondary Education Certificate - June 1971
Harper
Community College
Palatine,
Illinois
Associate
in Applied Science Degree / Fire Science Technology - December 1972
Certified
Emergency Number Professional (ENP) - October 1998
Illinois
Licensed Paramedic - December 1972 to 1994
Illinois
Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education Commission
certifications:
§
Hazardous
Materials Incident Command October 1995
§
Fire
Officer III* October
1994
§
Fire
Prevention Officer II* June 1992
§
Fire
Prevention Officer I June
1991
§
Hazardous
Materials I April 1988
§
Fire
Officer
II September
1981
§
Fire
Officer
I December
1976
§
Instructor
IV December
1976
§
Instructor
III December
1975
§
Instructor
II August
1975
§
Firefighter
III January
1975
§
Firefighter
II March
1974
* The Fire Prevention
Officer II and the Fire Officer III programs primarily focused on
management issues. College professors taught many of the classes for
the Fire Officer III certificate.
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Member
Fire Liaison Committee, NWCDS / 9-1-1: Emergency Police, Fire and
Ambulance dispatch serving 375,000 residents in Arlington Heights,
Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove Village, Hoffman Estates, Mount Prospect,
Palatine, Palatine Rural FPD, Prospect Heights, and Streamwood.
Served on the Public Safety Committee
for the Wireless 9-1-1 Surcharge legislation from the beginning in 1991
to the passage of the bill in the fall of 1999.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials - International,
Inc.
National
Emergency Number Association
Illinois
Fire Chiefs Association
Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Association
International Association of Fire Chiefs
Illinois
Professional Firefighters Association
Northeastern Illinois Emergency Management Council
National
Coordinating Council on Emergency Management
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