Gary Gesling
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Gary has been a career Firefighter/EMT since 1978 and has been involved in flood disaster preparedness since 1993 for the Prince WilliamGary.gif (28076 bytes) County (Virginia) Department of Fire and Rescue. He was assigned as the station officer in a semi-rural area prone to frequent flooding for over 8 years, which led to his interest in the Swiftwater Rescue discipline in 1990. Gary retired in 2009 from Prince William County (Virginia) Fire and Rescue Department after 31 yrs as a career Firefighter.

He was an active participant in work groups to establish the Swiftwater/Flood Rescue capabilities of the Department’s Special Operations personnel. These groups were charged with development of SOPs and training for Swiftwater, Static Water, Boat  Rope, and Ice Rescue Operations.

GaryT.gif (52889 bytes)He has been published in local media and is a contributor to a new public safety text book titled "Firefighter Safety and Survival."

Gary is a Rescue 3 International Master Instructor. 

He is a member of the Washington D.C. Metropolitan area Swiftwater Rescue Standards Committee, National Association for Search & Rescue (NASAR),  and the International Rescue Instructors Association.  He has also served on the Virginia Department of Emergency Management's Swiftwater Rescue Training Standards working group.

In addition to Swiftwater Rescue, his other specialties include Hazardous Materials (Specialist), Ice Rescue, Flood Operations, Disaster Preparedness, and Swiftwater equipment sales.

 

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