Fire & Life Safety Training * Public Education & Information

ALICE LASHER, FPO / EMT B
Public Education and
Information Officer
Sandy and Boring Fire Districts

		e-mail:
		Phone:	503-668-2728
		Website:	www.sandyboringfireprevention.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1999 – Present Sandy Fire District & Boring Fire District. Sandy, OR
Fire Prevention Officer / Emergency Medical Technician Basic Responsibilities include:

• Writing Press Releases & media interviews, photography of scenes and events
• Performance as an EMT B & participation in EMS drills
• Representation of the fire service at local and special events
• Stress Management & Critical Incident Stress Management skills for firefighters
• Juvenile Firesetter Intervention/Prevention
• Inspections
• Special presentations: Ethics and Decision making, DUII prevention, Careers in Health Care, Mock Job Interviews, Drug Prevention, Various Health class topics, Seatbelt Safety and others
• Monthly articles for: The Ask Alice Column (circ 24,000) & the Damascus/Boring Observer, Internal Newsletters (2), and External Newsletters (2)
• Community Emergency Response Team Coordinator & Instructor CPR Coordinator and Instructor
  
  1994 -1999 Portland Fire Bureau Portland, OR
  
• Volunteer Public Education and Information Officer
  
• Writing Press Releases and giving interviews for media
• Photography of incident scenes and special events
• Representation of the fire service at local and special events
• Wildland Urban Interface Education
• Juvenile Firesetter Intervention/Prevention

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

• Emergency Medical Technician Basic
• Advanced Burn Life Support
• CERT Train the Trainer
• Bachelor of Science, Communications, Northern AZ University 1991
• Public Information Officer
• Type III Incident Information Officer
• Fire and Life Safety Education Specialist I and II Instructor I and II
• Hazardous Materials – Operations Level Incident Command System & National Incident Management System (100, 200, 300, 400, 700, 800)
• Emergency Operations Center, Management and Operations International Fire Inspector 2
• Type 2 Wildland Firefighter
• Basic Fire Investigation
• Juvenile Firesetter Intervention Specialist
• Critical Incident Stress Management:
  • International Critical Incident Stress Foundation:
  • Specialized Training in the Field of Emergency Services
  • Line of Duty Death: Preparing the Best for the Worst
  • Responding to School Crisis: An Integrated Multi-Component Crisis Intervention Approach
  • Families and CISM: Developing a Comprehensive Program
  • Terrorism: Psychological Impact and Interventions
  • Suicide Prevention/Intervention and Postvention
  • Stress Management for the Trauma Provider
  • Critical Incident Stress Management – Interventions for:
    • Individual
    • Peer Support
    • Basic
    • Group and
    • Advanced Intervention

  Trauma Intervention Program - 56 hour training course
  Code 4: Certificate in Emotional Survival for the Emergency Services Provider.