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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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