Biographies
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S. Thomas (Tom) Harrell - Tom Harrell has served as a Fire Fighter, Fire Officer, Fire
Investigator, Fire Protection Specialist and Fire Chief and retired from the
Federal Fire Service in 1996 with 29+ years. Service as Chief of four
departments included Arlington Hall Station VA Fire & Emergency Services,
Fort Greely Alaska Fire & Emergency Services, Fort Drum New York Fire &
Emergency Services and Fire & Emergency Services - City of Menominee,
Michigan. Tom Harrell also served as a Fire Prevention Inspector for the US
Army Reserve Command during the time period 2007 to 2017 providing fire
prevention expertise to US Army Reserve units in Georgia, South Carolina and
Florida.
Consulting services have been provided in fire
protection and prevention since 1993 to the US Military with emphasis on Army
Fire Risk Assessments (CRA) and Fire and Emergency Services Program Assessments
(F&ESPA) as well as in the private sector worldwide in locations such as
The Pacific Region including Hawaii, Europe, Honduras and Panama, East Timor
and the Congo Republic.
Other prior service includes Norfolk Naval
Base Fire & Emergency Services, Aberdeen Proving Ground Fire &
Emergency Services, Forces Command (FORSCOM), and Fort Drum Fire & Emergency
Services. Tenure at FORSCOM was that of the MACOM Fire Protection Specialist
with in excess of 100 Fire & Emergency Services Operational Readiness
Inspections (F&ESORI) completed since 1986. Service also includes that of
fire investigator for Jefferson County, New York 1990 to 1996. Education
consists of Associate’s Degree in Fire Science, numerous resident courses at
the National Fire Academy at Emmitsburg, Maryland
including completion of the Executive Fire Officer Program. Professional
certifications are held as Fire Officer Level IV, Fire Inspector Level III and
Fire Instructor Level II in the Department of Defense Fire Fighting
Certification Program (FFCP).
TC
Oldham Consulting – Tommy Oldham –
Retired Fire Chief who worked his way up through the ranks from basic
firefighter to Fire Chief. Outstanding organizational and professional
excellence focused on fire science having more than 40 years of government and
private fire service experience in the planning, organizing and administration of
all fire & emergency services operations.
Tommy specializes in
fire administration and management, community risk assessment and standard of
cover documentation, public relations, rescue operations, equipment management,
budget management, fire prevention regulations, and all departmental policies
and procedures related to fire & emergency services.
Tommy also is a
University Life Safety Instructor teaching the application of fire science and engineering
principles to protect people, property, and their environments from the harmful
and destructive effects of fire and smoke. Class room curriculum focuses on
fire detection, suppression, mitigation and life safety engineering to focusing
on human behavior and maintaining a tenable environment for the evacuation from
a fire.
Highly competent in
assessing and eliminating risks and hazards through effective recommendations
and corrective action plans, analyzing accident & injury, formulating
documents & providing safety manuals and employee training.
Professional
certifications are held as Fire Officer I, II III & IV, Fire Inspector
Level I & II and Fire Instructor Level I & II and numerous courses at
the National Fire Academy.
Janet Flynt - As a system safety analyst, Janet possesses practical
experience in the Army's Safety Program as set forth in AR385-10 and Army
Pamphlet 385-30 "Mishap Risk Management". She assists Tom Harrell in
applying an effective and efficient process for Army fire risk assessment. The
process follows the Department of the Army's Composite Risk Management (CRM)
approach.
Janet's 25 plus years of experience in
safety risk management, safety training and tools, and loss prevention methods
provides an edge only a properly trained analyst can provide. She has worked to
meet both military and civilian needs by developing and applying system safety
analysis methods and processes under Department of Defense, NASA, and FDA
contracts. Janet has also contributed to system safety standards through
participation in MIL-STD-882, ANSI/UL 1998, IEC 61508, and ANSI/ISA SP84/IEC
61511 activities.
In 1994 through interaction with the UL 864
Fire Alarm Systems Committee, Janet became active in fire safety requirements.
Her involvement with fire service professionals increased in 2002 when she was
awarded a post 9/11 multiple year NIOSH contract to
write, design and analyze guidance for high technology Personal Protective
Equipment. Under this contract, she demonstrated hazard analysis and failure
modes and effects analyses methods to the NFPA Committee on Electronic Safety
Equipment.
Janet also established and operated Safety
Requirements, Inc. - a company providing safety consulting, training, and
web-based safety compliance applications. She holds a B.S. degree in
Mathematical Sciences/Statistics and an M.S. degree in Operations Research and
Systems Analysis. She is also a trained Project Management Professional.
Kim Soenen - Kim is a middle
school math teacher in Woodbury, Minnesota and a former high school French
teacher. She
possesses a strong background in computer applications and technology. She
assists Tom with the compilation and editing of reports. Kim has a Bachelor’s
of Business Administration with a major in Management Information Systems and a
second major in French from the University of Notre
Dame, a Master of Arts in Teaching from the University of Iowa, and a Graduate
Certificate in Middle School Mathematics from Walden
University.