Mike is our Senior Public Safety Advisor and Trainer. He helps public safety leaders build repeatable contamination-control programs that work under real conditions—high call volume, staffing limits, mixed station capabilities, and tight budgets.
Mike brings more than two decades of frontline experience as a fire company officer and paramedic within a major metropolitan Fire/EMS organization serving over 1.6 million residents across approximately 518 square miles, operating more than 60 stations with over 2,000 personnel.
In 2020, Mike was tasked with developing and managing a department-wide decontamination program in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Built with limited resources and under compressed timelines, the effort focused on structured processes, training, documentation, and rapid deployment capability—and was designed to remain viable beyond the immediate crisis.
Mike’s operational approach emphasizes practical execution and long-term sustainability: assess operational realities → align with standards → train across shifts → document for defensibility → sustain over time.
Mike provides consulting, training, and program-development support to government and public safety organizations implementing decontamination and contamination-control initiatives. Through Artemis Public Safety, agencies are supported in evaluating operational needs, developing implementation strategies, delivering training, and aligning programs with real-world response environments.
The program’s operational approach drew attention from peer agencies and interagency partners and was utilized in support of high-visibility events requiring coordinated public safety planning. In recognition of this work, Mike received the Alan Brunacini Special Recognition Award in 2023.
With more than four decades of combined experience spanning fire service leadership, paramedicine, military service, human resources management, and business operations, Mike brings a practical understanding of the technical, human, and regulatory challenges involved in building sustainable programs. He understands the operational realities modern fire departments face—including staffing constraints, budget limitations, varying station capabilities, training consistency across shifts, procurement requirements, and the need for programs that are both defensible and sustainable over time.
"For agencies interested in building a contamination-control program that is effective, realistic, repeatable, and sustainable across every shift and station, I’ll help you build it."
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