Although it sounds like a cliché, I fell in love with the Fire Service watching “Emergency” when I was a kid.  However, my parents had other plans, as I was going to be the first person in the family to go to college.  Fast forward a few years, I found the opportunity to become an    EMT-B then an EMT-I, as well as a Firefighter. When it came time to relocate, I specifically moved to a town that had a part-time fire department that I was accepted onto. 

Throughout the next 21 years I spent time training new Cadets, developing programs and continued my career up the rungs advancing to the rank of Lieutenant for my last 10 years.  Our department went from one manned station when I started to staffing all four 24 hours a day.  We continued to grow and contract EMS actually moved into all of our stations, operating separately, but we quickly developed a working relationship responding on certain calls together to provide critical Fire and EMS services to our citizens.  My last year, we responded to nearly 3000 fire calls and over 5000 EMS calls.

Five years in the making, my wife and I finally moved to Divide two years ago.   I then secured a job at the Teller County Sheriff’s office as a 911 Dispatcher.   Last summer when we had the Highland Lakes Fire, I observed an incredible response from Divide Fire as well as all of the other departments in the area and then some.  I was quite impressed, and when I heard about this opportunity to possibly serve on the board, I felt the need to get involved.  Thus, I would greatly appreciate the opportunity to serve as a board member for the Divide Fire Protection District.

Sincerely,

Bob Reynolds

FIRE CREDENTIALS

Experience 

911 Dispatcher

Teller County Sheriff’s Office – Divide, Colorado 2023 – Present

Lieutenant/EMT

Tinley Park Fire Department - Tinley Park, Illinois, 2002 – 2023

•                      Responsible for the crew and shift operations

•                      Regularly completed NIFRS reports for the State of Illinois State Fire Marshal reporting standards

•                      Developed and implement Company and Department-wide training drills

•                      Past Chairman of Fire Department Safety Committee

•                      Developed and implemented Comprehensive Driver/Operator Program

•                      Instructor - Driver Operator Program - Classroom and Practical Applications

•                      Instructor - Tinley Park Fire Department Fire Academy

•                      Instructor - Rookie Red Book Training Program

•                      Firefighter of the Year - 2012 American Legion Post 615

Fire Fighter / EMT - Watseka Fire Department, Watseka, Illinois, 2001-2001

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EMT-B / EMT-I

Iroquois Memorial Hospital Ambulance, Watseka, Illinois, 1996-2001

*      Responded to ALS/ILS/BLS calls

EDUCATION

            Master of Health Science                                                                       University Park, Illinois 1996

            Governor’s State University

            Bachelor of Science                                                                                    Normal, Illinois 1993

            Illinois State University

            Bachelor of Science                                                                                    Ames, Iowa 1989

            Iowa State University

CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE

·                   OSHA 30 Compliance Certification

·                   OSHA 10 General Industry

·                   OSHA 10 Construction Safety & Health Certification

·                   CPR and AED Certified

·                   Reasonable Suspicion - DOT

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS

•                      Lieutenant, Tinley Park Fire Department

•                      Fire Officer I, II Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal

•                     Advanced Technician Fire Fighter, Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal

•                     Hazardous Materials First Responder — Operations Level, Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal

•                     Fire Apparatus Engineer, Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal

•                     Fire Service Vehicle Operations, Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal

•                     National Academy for Professional Driving Certified

•                     Fire Service Instructor I, Il Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal

•                     Technical Rescue Awareness, Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal

•                     Rope Operations, Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal

•                     Fire Service Management I, Il, Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal

•                     Water Operations and Watercraft Technician, Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal

•                     Emergency Medical Technician, Illinois Department of Public Health

•                     National Incident Management System Certifications — 100, 100a, 100HCb, 100leb, 100pwb, 200, 200a, 300, 700, 701a, 703a, 706, 800, 800B, 906

•                     911 Dispatcher – International Academies of Emergency Dispatch