Bath, NC Volunteer Firefighter (15 years)
- Interior Firefighter
- Training Officer
- Lieutenant
- Captain
- Board of Directors
- Fireman of the Year 2002
Sidney Dive Team (14 Years)- Senior Recovery
Diver
- Served on the Board of Directors
- Diving Supervisor
Current Certifications- CPR
- First Aid
- O2
- AED
- Lifeguard
SCUBA Diving Instructor Certifications - Open
Water
- Nitrox
- Rescue
- Full Face Mask
- Spear Fishing
- Dry Suit
- Search and Recovery
- U/W Navigation
- Deep
- Night
- Limited
Visibility
- Wreck and Public Safety Diving
NC Aquariums Dive Team Member, 2001-2002
Current President of Large Dive Club based in Beaufort and Pitt Counties
Routine Speaker at ECU for Crime Scene Investigation
Engaged in:
- Hurricane Floyd Evacuation
- Plane Crashes
- Submerged Vehicles
- Drowning
- Under Water Crime Scene Investigation
NC Aquariums Dive Team Member, 2001-2002
Diver
(14 Years)
Specialty in Wreck Diving
- German U Boats
- Spanish
Galleon's
- Freighters Sunk in WWI, WWII and Civil War
Certification in;
- CPR
- AED
- O2
- Divemaster
- Dry Suit
- Rescue
- Nitrox
Current Certifications
- Advanced
- Deep
- Navigation
- Dry Suit
- Nitrox
- Rescue
- Divemaster
- O2
- CPR
150+ Dives
Loves Bonaire, Belize and North Carolina Diving
Dive Master on Bimini Blue
Current Certifications
- OUPV Captain
- First Aid
- CPR
- AED
- O2
- Emergency Trauma Care
- Naui & SDI
- Open Water
- Nitrox
- Deep / Advanced
- Rescue Diver
- Master Diver
Studies Decompression
Theory and Bubble Models
Untangling Dive Reels
Enjoys Lobster Season in the Florida Keys
and The Caribsea Sea for Shark hugs
- Science/Scientific Diver
- Dive Master
- Dive
Professional CPR
- Dive Professional First Aid
- ERDI Diver
- Rescue Diver
- Dive Professional O2
- Computer Nitrox
- Dry Suit
- Full Face Mask
Advanced Diver Specialties
- Deep Diver
- Wreck Diver
- Search and Recovery
- Underwater Navigation
Current Dive Responsibilities/Engagements
- University of North Carolina, Wilmington-Scientific Diver Volunteer Team 2017-present
- Fort Fisher Emergency Rescue Dive Team 2017-Present
- Dive Team Member North Carolina
Aquarium at Fort Fisher 2016-2017
- Education Dive Show Coordinator/Presenter North Carolina
Aquarium at Fort Fisher 2017-present.
Past Dive Responsibilities
- Chowan County Emergency Response Dive Team Captain 2014-2016
- Dive
Team Member North Carolina Aquarium at Roanoke Island 2010-2014
Certifications- SDI Divemaster
- Open Water
- Computer Nitrox
- Deep Diving
- Dry Suit
- CPROX1st AED
Specialties
- Spearfishing
- Fossil Diving
- Boat Naps
- Karaoke
- Corny Jokes
- Bumming
- Dramamine
- Eating other folks food (sharing is caring)
Career Firefighter / Paramedic since 1989
Retired
as Battalion Chief from Frederick County, MD
10 years
experience as a Public Safety Diver in South Carolina and Maryland
Scuba
Diver since 1993
Scuba Instructor since 2002
Scuba Instructor through SDI, TDI, ERDI and PADI
Specialty Instructor
- Deep
- Boat
- Night
- Search and Recovery
- Dry
Suit
- Ice
- Full Face Mask
- Navigation
- Wreck
- Nitrox
- Underwater Hunter and Collector
- Surface
Ice Rescue
DAN Instructor CPR and First Aid
Emergency
Oxygen provider Scuba Diving Injuries
First Aid for Hazardous Marine
Life
Neurological Assessment
