Value Statements - US Fire Administration
Value Statements - US Fire Administration
Value Statements - US Fire Administration
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Appendix G<br />
Biography<br />
Carl Ray Austerman is a 22-year veteran of the Glendale <strong>Fire</strong> Department, Glendale, Arizona.<br />
He serves as the battalion chief responsible for the Personnel and Safety Division and is also the<br />
department's Safety Officer. He is a State Certified EMT-Basic, Hazardous Materials and<br />
Technical Rescue Technician who served as firefighter, paramedic, company officer, recruit<br />
training officer, and shift commander. In addition, he is a member of the automatic aid<br />
consortium's Regional Operations Consistency Safety Committee and a Maricopa County<br />
Community College District certified instructor who taught a variety of <strong>Fire</strong> Science courses<br />
over the past 13 years. He earned an Associate Arts degree in General Studies from Glendale<br />
Community College in 1978, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Resources from Ottawa<br />
University in 1997.<br />
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