James Hill PO Box 20411 West Palm Beach, Florida jh118133a@westpost.

net Phone: (561) 358-0870

SUMMARY: Recently Retired and with more than 32-years in the fire service, I am a proven, career-oriented individual with broad experience in hazardous material s response, fire suppression, employee safety, emergency medical services, build ing construction, fire inspection, and public education. With an emphasis on st rong strategic, organizational, and planning capabilities, I am a self-starter, possessing excellent leadership, managerial, communications, and financial skill s. EXPERIENCE: Ketchikan Fire Department: Ketchikan, Alaska Municipal Government, Career and Volunteer Firefighters June 2002 to January 2011: Fire Chief: June As Fire Chief and volunteer staff. and oversight and ster preparedness 2008 to January 2011 the Emergency Manager, I was responsible for 19 career and 40+ I was responsible for more than $3 Million in budget creation the daily operations of fire, emergency medical services; disa and response; fire prevention programs and special operations.

*Developed: The first (Level-A) Regional Hazardous Materials response team in S E Alaska. *Secured: Via CDC and Alaska DHSS, Reverse-911 (citizen and responder alert syst em for the community) via grants. *Developed: Numerous programs related to fire-safety in the community, free smo ke detectors program, fire/police dive team, fire/police fire investigation team *Secured: Grants through various sources in excess of $2M for the City of Ketch ikan and Ketchikan Gateway Borough *Recreated: The local Emergency Operations Plan and established partnerships wit h all agencies and departments involved in that plan. *Planned/Executed: Alaska Shield/Northern Edge-2005, Evac-Alt 2006, MarEvac-2009 , and several other community-wide full-scale preparedness exercises. visit: w ww.massrescue.us *Responded/ Team-Leader: Led an 8-person FEMA response team to assist with Hur ricane Katrina relief in 2005, establishing and operating a disaster recovery ce nter (DRC) in Jackson, Mississippi. *Member: Steering Committee (Vice-Chair) for SE Alaska MMRS, The only Non-Metro politan MMRS jurisdiction in the US. *Member: Alaska Steamship Response: Maritime Incident Management Response Team member *Created: The Greater Ketchikan Area MRC Medical Reserve Corps via successful gr ant application in 2007 *Created: Numerous MOUs and Mutual Aid agreements with partners and neighboring communities in SE Alaska and Canada Ketchikan Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief August 2002 to June 2008 Under the direction of the Public Safety Director, I was responsible for the dai ly operations of the fire department, with basically the same duties as I had as fire chief. West Valley City Fire Department - West Valley City, Utah

Municipal Government - Career firefighter in Utah's 2nd largest city. (Sept.1981 to July 2002) Retired CAPTAIN May 1987 to July 2002 Promoting to Engineer in 1985 and then to Captain in 1987, I was Responsible for fire station operations, command and control of fire, EMS, and hazardous materi als emergencies, business inspections, preplanning, mapping and training. Direct ly supervising 8 or more employees in one of Utahs busiest fire stations. After 2 years as a part-time firefighter, I started my fulltime career with WVCFD in 1981. Hired at the rank Firefighter, *Developed: and implemented West Valley City's (48 member) Hazardous Materials ( Level-A) team. (1985) *Member: Utah Olympic Public Safety Command, UOPSC Operations planning member f or the 2002 Winter Olympics Hazmat Response. *Member: Terrorism Working Group, Planning and coordinating 2002 Winter Olympics terrorism response with State, Local, and Federal agencies. *Special Operations Coordinator: West Valley Fire Department *Coordinated and Developed: Response plans for anthrax scare of 2001 with Local Health officials, FBI, and HazMat responders. Coordinating response levels throu ghout the Salt Lake Valley and Utah. *Developed: Response plans for WMD Terrorist attacks for the 2002 Winter Olympic s in Salt Lake City. *Co-developer: State of Utah's Hazardous Materials Technician Certification pro gram. (1996) *Host: For Vancouver, Canada, 2010 Olympic Bid Team. (2002) *Member: JHAT (Joint Hazard Assessment Team). Member of advanced CBRNE team co mprised of Secret Service, FBI, Local Law-Enforcement, and local Fire/Hazmat Per sonnel for the duration of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. *Instructor: Utah State HazMat Technician certification courses *Developed: (Standard Operating Guidelines) and Resource lists for WMD, Mass Ca sualty, EOD, Mass Decon, and Biological Response for the 2002 Winter Olympics. *Battalion Chief: Two-year assignment as shift commander to replace officer on l eave (1995-1997) Other Career Accomplishments Bountiful City (Utah) Fire Department: Paid, Part-time Firefighter, Jan. 1979 to 1987 Promoted to Lieutenant 1982 Company Officer and Fire Prevention Specialist Weber Fire District BOARD OF DIRECTORS/ Trustee 1987-1993: Duties included responsibility for budgeting and the appropriation of $1.6 Milli on for fire suppression and emergency medical services for a career fire departm ent w/4 fire stations. Elected: to 6-year term by the citizens of Weber County (1987) Served: as Chairman of the Board 1992 and 1993. James Hill Construction BUSINESS OWNER/ 1990-2002: Licensed General Contractor (Utah). Residential and small commercial constructi on company. Remodels, new construction. CERTIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION: Certified: Alaska EMT-1 Certified: Aircraft ARFF Certified: Basic and Advanced Shipboard Firefighting

Certifying Officer: Alaska Fire Service Training Certified: Firefighter I Certified: Firefighter II Certified: Fire Inspector I Certified: Fire Inspector II Certified: Fire Service Instructor Certified: Hazmat Awareness Certified: Hazmat Operations Certified: Hazmat Technician Certified: Hazmat Specialist Certified: Exercise Evaluator/Controller Certified: Fire Officer I Licensed: Former Utah General Contractor Instructor: University of Alaska (Basic Shipboard Firefighting) Instructor: ICS-300/400 Certified: ICS-100, 200, 300, 400, NIMS IS-700, NRP IS-800 G-291 and G-289 (PIO) AWARDS: Employee of the Month (West Valley City) November 1983. Employee of the Month (WVC) August 1997. Firefighter of the Year (WVC) 1982. Firefighter of the Year (WVC) 1990. Numerous certificates of merit and employee commendations. Firefighter of the Year (2000) Fraternal Order of Eagles F.O.E. Salt Lake City, Utah Published: Firehouse Magazine, Dec 2001 ASSOCIATIONS: International Association of Firefighters (I.A.F.F.) International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) President: IAFF Local 2970 (1985 to 1995) Charter Member (1985) Alaska State Fire Chiefs Association Alaska State Firefighters Association (ASFA) The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Alaska Peace Officers Association (APOA) International Association of Hazmat Technicians (IAHMT) International Codes Council (ICC) REFERENCES: Rich Leipfert, Fire Chief McMinnville, Oregon Fire Department Rich.leipfert@ci.mcminnville.or.us (971) 237-3163 (C) (503) 435-5805 (O) John Evans, Fire Chief West Valley City Fire Department John.evans@wvc-ut.gov (801) 963-3337 Kathy Cavyell, Alaska DHS&EM Fort Richardson, Alaska Kathy.cavyell@alaska.gov (907) 428-7049 Kerre Fisher, Deputy Director State of Alaska Dept. of Public Health (907) 269-2042

Kerre.fisher@alaska.gov Mr. Dave Owings SEAPRO Ketchikan, Alaska dave@seapro.org (907) 225-7002 David Martin, Assistant City Manager City of Ketchikan, Alaska (907) 228-5603 Davidm@city.ketchikan.ak.us Tom Mattice Emergency Programs Manager City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska (907) 209-9207 Tom_mattice@ci.juneau.ak.us * Additional references available on request. TECHNICAL EDUCATION LOCATION DATE

Hazardous Materials Training Chemistry of Hazardous Materials NFA 5/83 Hazmat Incident Analysis NFA/UTC 9/82 & 8/84 Hazmat Tactical Considerations NFA 2/88 Hazmat Response Team Specialist NFA 2/88 Hazmat Pesticides Challenge NFA/UTC 8/88 Radiological Response Team Utah CEM 5/88 Hazmat Operations UVSC 7/96 Fundamental Radiological Response Utah CEM 4/87 Clandestine Drug Labs POST 5/90 Hazmat Health/Safety IHMA 6/88 COBRA Live Agent Training -Tech Ft. McClelland, AL 8/99 COBRA Live Agent Training - I.C. Ft. McClelland, AL 1/00 Utah Hazmat Technician Class WVCFD 1997 Radiological Emergencies IAFF 8/99 Adv. Radiological Technician Bechtel, Nevada 12/01 Live Agent Ammonia ADEC Ketchikan 9/07 Administrative Leadership Training Formulating Public Policy Utah CEM 1/88 Decision Making & Problem Solving Utah CEM 9/88 Fire Company Officer UVCC 1993 Leadership I & III NFA/UVCC 1992/1993 Mgmt. Of Fire Prev. Programs NFA 2004 Courtroom Testimony NFA 2003 Leadership II SLCFD 1997 Managing Company Tactical Ops. SLCFD 1997 Managing Fire Prevention Programs NFA 2004 ICS Trainer 300/400 ADHS&EM 2006 Miscellaneous Training Aircraft Rescue F/F Basic and Advanced Shipboard F/F Commanding the Initial Response Fire Pump OPS & Maintenance Exercise Evaluator/Controller Alaska FST 2002 Alaska FST 2003 SLCOFD 12/87 UTC 4/82 ADHS&EM 5/05

EMT Instructor Utah State 1983 CPR Instructor AHA 1985 Fire Service Hydraulics SLCC 1983 Fixed Systems & Extinguishers SLCC 1984 Initial Company Tactical Operations NFA/SFT 1988 Technical Rescue WVCFD 1997 Wildland Fire Operations SLCOFD 5/85 Confined Space Operations IAFF 7/99 Reverse-911 Hands-On Applications PlantCML 11/09 Certifications available on request.