36-year veteran of the Philadelphia Fire Department, retiring as the Special Operations Chief in 2010. Assigned in concurrent (detailed) duty assignments in the FEMA National US&R Response System from 1992-2010 to numerous disasters, to include leadership roles at the 9/11 World Trade Center collapse, Hurricane Katrina, and the Haiti Earthquake. From 2010 to present, assigned as the Chief of the Urban Search and Rescue Branch of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)/Department of Homeland Security.