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Meet NNN0GAL ONE (SAssistant State Direcror)Neil H. Lauritsen, Sr—AGE - 69Has been a Public Service Volunteer since he was old enough to vote atage 18 in 1962 starting with being a member of a volunteer fire departmentwhere he rose to the rank of Rescue Squad Captain.He served in the U.S. Naval Air Reserves from 1962 during the CubanMissile Crisis and throughout the Vietnam War until 1975 as an Aircrewmanon P2V’s and P-3 Orions at the Patuxent River Naval Air Stationserving as a Flight Communications Operator/Instructor.Became a professional Firefighter in 1967 and was the lead EMT/EMT-A (Emergency Medical Technician/Advanced) Instructor and a MedicalBoard Certified Paramedic/Paramedic Instructor In Maryland for a total of 20 years combinedservice as a (Vol./Paid Firefighter) was in Charge of all Police and Fire EMS Training in PrinceGeorges County Maryland, teaching at several local Community Colleges and at the U. ofMaryland.Taught several EMT/EMT-A Courses for NASA in Greenbelt, Md.Neil Served as the Vice-Chairman of the MD-DC-VA Council of Governments (COG) AdvancedCardiac Life Support Committee. He served two terms on the Southern Maryland HeartAssociation’s Board of Directors. He served as the Chairman of the CPR committee in SouthernMaryland for 5 years.Was nominated by the Prince Georges Co. JAYCEES for ”Outstanding Young Marylander”in 1975 and was beaten out by “Sugar” Ray Leonard just before Sugar Ray’s debut as a ProfessionalFighter and after just having won the Gold Medal at the Olympics waving a PrinceGeorge County Flag after his victory there.Left the Fire Service to go into private business in 1976, moved to Florida in 1987 where hecontinues to work in the medical field as a computer consultant for the Hutton Medical ServicesCorporation even though he was medically retired in 1997. He continues to serve the public invarious rolesBecame a licensed Amateur Radio Operator in the spring of 1979 and has been active inEmergency Communications since 1993 serving as the Emergency Coordinator (EC) for ARES(Amateur radio Emergency Service) in this County from 1993 to 2000. Served as the AuxiliaryCommunications Service (ACS) Radio Officer for Pinellas County’s Emergency Managementand as the the EC for ARES wearing both hats from 2000 to2012. Is also currently serving asthe Section Emergency Coordinator (SEC) / Asst. Section Manager for the 10 County WestCentral Florida Section of the ARRL (American Radio Relay league) in Charge of all AmateurRadio Emergency Communications in the WCF Section.He Served as the Scout Master for Troop 256 in Prince George County from 1981 to 1987until he moved to Florida. He Completed the Adult Leadership “Wood Badge” Training in1982 and was elected the permanent Patrol Leader of the “Free Roam’n Buffalo Patrol” by hisfellow patrol members. The Patrols Moto: “When the Chips are Down, We will Back You Up”.He also has served in several adult scouting leadership positions since moving worked the2012 Primary Election and the Presidential Election in November.here to PinellasCounty.He served as a Board of Election’s Precinct Clerk for the last 6 years currently now serving asthe Advisor for 5 Precincts in Clearwater having just2