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Hometown:
Town of Evans NY
I Live: (City, State)
Town of Evans NY
Years in Fire/EMS:
27
Why I Joined the Fire/EMS:
I grew up across the street from the firehouse and was a part of it from age 8. I couldn't wait to become our department's first junior firefighter when I turned 17 and then an active firefighter a few months later when I turned 18.

I proudly enjoy helping people but any firefighter who tells you they don't love it for the adrenaline rush... is lying.
Relationship Status:
Married
Primary Fire/EMS Department:
Erie County Department of Emergency Services-Fire Safety Division
Department Type:
Emergency Management
Rank/Role There:
Assistant or Deputy Chief
Years With This Department/Agency
9
Dept. Web Site:
http://www.erie.gov/fire
Other Past or Current Departments:
Evans Center
My Training:
Nationally Certified Fire Instructor
About Me:
HERE'S THE BIO THAT'S INCLUDED AT THE END OF ARTICLES I WRITE:
Tiger Schmittendorf serves as Deputy Fire Coordinator in the County of Erie Department of Emergency Services which manages three training facilities, 45 fire instructors and the training of 97 fire departments and 5,000+ firefighters.

He is a Nationally Certified Fire Instructor and a firefighter since 1980.

Schmittendorf brings 15 years of experience in engineering, sales and marketing management to marketing the product he loves: the fire service. He specializes in recruitment and retention, marketing, training and management consulting for counties and fire departments around the country.

He suffers from an extremely dry sense of humor and routinely makes an ass of himself, often in public.
Day Job:
Deputy Fire Coordinator
Side Jobs or Other Organizations:
Recruitment and Retention Consulting, Presenter/ Speaker/ Instructor/ Author/ Photographer
Top Issues Facing Responders:
Recruitment and Retention of Volunteer Firefighters.

I believe the survival and success of the Volunteer Fire Service relies on our ability to create more opportunities, for more more people, to volunteer less time.
I Love Being in Fire/EMS Because:
In addition to the great experiences I've enjoyed as a volunteer firefighter, I've been blessed to be able to make a career of it. There isn't anything I'd rather do. This is the best damn job in the world.

Welcome to My World:

Here's my definition of brotherhood in the fire service:

"It doesn't matter that we wear different patches on our left sleeve. What's important is the fact that we wear the same patch on our right sleeve: the red, white and blue one - the one with the stars and stripes.

That's what brings us together and keeps us together. No one can ever take that away from us.

The fire service is what's right about America."

- Tiger Schmittendorf, February 25, 2005

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At 12:27am on August 19th, 2008, Sean Crotty said…
Are you kidding me? Sweetland doesn't react for 12 minutes when it is presented to him. Send him an email and expect him to react? Puhlease. Give it a week to sink it.
Then he will squint at the photo for a while.
I go back to work Wed for Thursday mids with him. We will see if he catches on by then.
At 9:06am on August 17th, 2008, Mary Ellen Shea said…
Dear Mr. Salty,
Thanks for not rolling on the ground laughing after listening to my request yesterday.

Your restraint was admirable....All I'm saying is think about it before you shoot it down in flames. There are some perks to the gig which you may want to consider before deciding.
Tanks-
The Probie
At 11:44pm on August 15th, 2008, Jim Brunelle Jr. said…
Tiger,
You should bring your gun to Albany in Oct. We could set up a game.
At 8:57pm on August 15th, 2008, Karen said…
The MRC group I belong to is sponsored by the Trumbull County Emergency Mgt. We are a relatively small unit, with less then 50 certified volunteers at this time. We've had the basic NIMS training sessions, CDLS (Core Disaster Life Support) as well as Psychological First Aid training. A small group of us also took a CERT training class in June.
We are dispatched out of the Emergency Mgt Office and also the County Public Health Dept.
That's pretty much just the basics. Follow the link below to the website for a little more information, and thanks for asking!
http://www.medicalreservecorps.gov/detail.asp?id=974&State=41
At 7:15am on August 14th, 2008, Mary Ellen Shea said…
Tiger smiling in a pic?
I need more meds.
At 12:09am on August 14th, 2008, Sean Crotty said…
U R Still here......I just finished up my last of 12 Internet Research papers. Done for this semester. Pray the Professor doesn't read them....
At 10:12pm on August 13th, 2008, Sean Crotty said…
Get off here and get your budget done! Email me those pictures.
At 9:17am on August 13th, 2008, Shawn McMahon said…
Yeah Next Time I need to put some Thought into building a Webpage and not just run into it.!! Good point on the "Public Safety" issue though. Thats why I took it down, That and I havn't had time to get the Domain going either.


But good looking out. Stay safe!!
Hopefully I'll be gettin back to being a Volunteer. Was out for a LONG while due to a Back Injury I recieved when I was working for a Ambulance Company.
At 11:48am on August 12th, 2008, Jim Brunelle Jr. said…
Tiger,
Yeah I do play paintball,not much lately, they closed down the outdoor playfield here in Kingsbury and the indoor arena in Albany just folded.Are you a paintballer?
At 7:35am on August 12th, 2008, Brian Moyer said…
Thxs 4 the add!

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